Word: quynh
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...make his diplomacy stick, Bishop Tu whipped together a tiny army of fervent Roman Catholics, armed with pikes and smuggled rifles. At its head he put Father Quynh, a tough, angular soldier-priest. Father Quynh was no diplomat. "A Catholic in this country betrays his faith if he is not a soldier," he used to say. "To compromise with Communism is treachery. You must fight-it's the only Christian solution...
...length Bishop Tu turned to Bao Dai for help, and Father Quynh, now promoted to War Minister, began to get some real arms. Every parish was transformed into a training camp resounding with the call...