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Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)

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Active
  
1955-1975

Role
  
Presidential guard

Country
  
South Vietnam

Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)

Branch
  
Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Presidential Guard (Vietnamese: Lữ đoàn Liên binh phòng vệ Phủ Tổng thống) was a military unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam that was assigned to personally protect the President of the Republic of Vietnam, the nation-state that existed from 1955 to 1975.

Military actions in which the Presidential Guard defended the head of state

  • 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
  • 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
  • 1963 South Vietnamese coup

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