Nguyen Van Troi
Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (c. 1940 – 15 October 1964) was a Việt Cộng (National Liberation Front) bomber. He gained notoriety after being captured by the South Vietnamese while trying to assassinate United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and future ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1963.
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