Đỗ Cao Trí, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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South Vietnamese commander
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Place of Birth: Biên Hòa, Đồng Nai, Vietnam
About Đỗ Cao Trí
- Lieutenant General Ð? Cao Trí (20 November 1929 – 23 February 1971) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) known for his fighting prowess and flamboyant style.
- Trí started out in the French Army before transferring to the Vietnamese National Army and the ARVN.
- Under President Ngô Ðình Di?m, Trí was the commander of I Corps where he was noted for harsh crackdowns on Buddhist civil rights demonstrations against the Di?m government.
- Trí later participated in the November 1963 coup which resulted in the assassination of Di?m on 2 November 1963. Years later, Trí was exiled by Nguy?n Cao K?, the most powerful member of the junta, but when Nguy?n Van Thi?u came to power, he was called back to command III Corps.
- He led III Corps during the 1970 Cambodian Campaign, earning the laudatory sobriquet as "the Patton of the Parrot's Beak".
- In 1971, Trí was ordered north to take command of I Corps in Operation Lam Son 719, an incursion into Laos, which had gone astray.
- He was killed, aged 41, in a helicopter accident before being able to take control.
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