Le Quang Tung

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Colonel L Quang Tung (1923, Huong Tra District, - November 1, 1963) was the commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under the command of Ngo Dinh Nhu, the brother of South Vietnam's president, Ngo Dinh Diem. A former servant of the Ng family, Tung's military background was in security and counterespionage. During the 1950s, Tung was a high-ranking official in Nhu's Can Lao Party, the secret Roman Catholic organisation which maintained the Ng family's grip on power, extorting money from wealthy businessmen. In 1960, Tung was promoted directly to the rank of colonel and became the commander of the special forces. Tung's period at the helm of South Vietnam's elite troops was noted mostly for his work in repressing dissidents, rather than fighting the Viet Cong insurgents. His most well-known attack was the raid on X Lợi Pagoda on August 21, 1963 in which hundreds were believed to have died. Tung's main military program was a scheme in which Army of the Republic of Vietnam personnel attempted to infiltrate North Vietnam in order to engage in intelligence gathering and sabotage. The program was ineffective, with the vast majority of infiltrators being killed or captured. Tung was also reported to be planning an assassination attempt on Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., the United States Ambassador to South Vietnam.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510537493
• ISBN13: 9785510537499
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"