Former South Vietnam leader Nguyen Cao Ky dies - World news - msnbc.com

One of his nation's most colorful leaders, Ky served as prime minister of U.S.-backed South Vietnam in the mid- 1960s. He had been commander of South Vietnam's air force when he assumed the post in 1965, the same year U.S. involvement in the war escalated.

Former South Vietnam leader Nguyen Cao Ky dies - World news - msnbc.com