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Minh briefly held presidency of S. Vietnam
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Minh briefly held presidency of S. Vietnam
Associated Press
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Pasadena, Calif. -- Gen. Duong Van "Big" Minh, who was president
of South Vietnam for just a few days before the country fell to
communist invaders in 1975, has died. He was 86.
Minh, who used a wheelchair, fell at his home Sunday, his daughter
Mai Duong said Tuesday. He died Monday night at Huntington Memorial
Hospital in Pasadena.
Minh was installed as the South Vietnamese...
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