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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Under discussion were plans for a major new offensive against the Viet Cong. Before boarding his plane for home, McNamara turned to Vietnamese Defense Minister Major General Tran Van Don with some stern words of advice. "Now," said McNamara, "let's be real tough...
...Vietnamese. At Saigon airport last week, the initial 294 U.S.-bound servicemen, many happily bearing lipstick smears from Saigon sweeties, clambered aboard four C-135 jets. Present to see the first men off were U.S. General Paul D. Harkins and South Viet Nam's Defense Minister Lieut. General Tran Van Don. Said Don of the departing Americans: "They have shared our hardships and sorrows, and nothing can repay them for the sacrifices they have made...
...longtime Vice President, appointed nine civilian ministers -mostly nonpolitical civil servants in the old regime. To counsel Tho's government, the brass named a 15-man "Council of Sages," including business and professional leaders. But it is the military that is running the country. Lieut. General Tran Van Don, 46, the polished, French-schooled staff officer who helped mastermind the coup, was appointed Defense Minister. Major General Ton That Dinh, 36, the aggressive, vain commander of the Saigon district, was named Minister of Public Security, which gives him control of Ngo Dinh Nhu's secret police...
...August. Serious talk about an uprising had first started in August, after Diem raided the Buddhist pagodas. Lieut. General Tran Van Don, then acting chief of the Joint General Staff, got word that a coup seemed imminent, and felt (as he now explains it) that the moment was not right. He feared that whoever was planning the affair might not be able to control things, that the Communist Viet Cong might move in on it and take over Saigon. So Don supported Diem's imposition of martial law, and the August coup never surfaced...
...stands just under 6 ft. and weighs around 200 lbs., has a pronounced slouch caused from constantly having to stoop over to hear his countrymen. American military advisers nicknamed him Big to distinguish him from a smaller-statured fellow officer who is not related to him, Lieut. General Tran Van ("Little") Minh. Vietnamese good-naturedly call Minh...