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Born November 13, 1913 • Prêy Veng • Cambodia
Died November 17, 1985 (aged 72) • Fullerton • California
Title / Office president (1972-1975), Cambodia • prime minister (1966-1967), Cambodia
Role In Vietnam War
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk
king of Cambodia
James Stockdale
United States admiral
Melvin Laird
American public official
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
president of United States
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
president of United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of United States
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
United States statesman
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
president of the United States
Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
William Westmoreland; Lyndon B. Johnson
William Westmoreland
United States general
John Kerry
John Kerry
United States senator and secretary of state
Tim O'Brien
Tim O’Brien
American author
Abrams, Creighton Williams, Jr.
Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.
United States general
William Yarborough
United States Army officer
Robert S. McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
United States statesman
Seymour Hersh
American journalist
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamese political leader
Mike Mullen.
Mike Mullen
United States admiral

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