Lieutenant General Ngô Quang Trưởng (born in Kien Hoa, Vietnam on 13 December 1929, Vietnam; died January 22, 2007, Falls Church, Virginia) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Truong was educated in French schools before attending the Thu Duc Officer Candidate School and the Command and Staff School at Da Lat. When the Republic of Vietnam was created in 1954, Lieutenant Truong joined the 5th Airborne Battalion as a platoon leade...
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Lieutenant General Ngô Quang Trưởng (born in Kien Hoa, Vietnam on 13 December 1929, Vietnam; died January 22, 2007, Falls Church, Virginia) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Truong was educated in French schools before attending the Thu Duc Officer Candidate School and the Command and Staff School at Da Lat. When the Republic of Vietnam was created in 1954, Lieutenant Truong joined the 5th Airborne Battalion as a platoon leader. By 1963 he had been given command of the battalion. Two years later, he was chief of staff of the Airborne Division. His reputation for bravery, honesty, and fairness (even though he was free of the political maneuverings of his compatriots in the officer corps) got him noticed in Saigon. The ARVN chief of staff, General Cao Van Vien, called Truong "one of the best commanders at every echelon the Airborne Division ever had." During a Buddhist uprising in Hue during the spring of 1966, Truong (a Buddhist himself) was made acting commander of...
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