BATTLE OF AP BAC On July 7, 1954 Bao Dai, president of Vietnam appointed Ding Diem as Prime Minister. Dai was a pro French president who did not have communist beliefs for Vietnam. Diem was man who refused French rule and favored American ideas. He was a Roman Catholic, thus causing him to be an opponent of communism as well. He also maintained a link to the CIA through Colonel Edward Lansdale, renowned expert on counterinsurgency. In …showed first 75 words of 909 total…

…showed last 75 words of 909 total…nightfall to slip away into the darkness leaving only 18 dead behind. America suffered only 3 fatalities, but the AVRN suffered over 80 due to the indecisiveness of their leaders. Later after much conflict in South Vietnam, a coup was plotted and carried out against Diem. He was assassinated due to his oppressive nature against the Buddhist religion. America at this point could not back out of the conflict and was committed by November 1, 1963. BATTLE OF AP BAC