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November 1-2, 1963. As rebel tanks closed on Gia Long Palace and the Diem regime fell, a single DC-3 lifted off Tan Son Nhut under cover of darkness. Its cargo: gold bullion, the Nhu family jewels, and the last palace ledgers that could have implicated American officials in the coup. This is the only known firsthand account of that forbidden flight, written in Saigon by Air America / Magnet Ass crewman Charles ""Chuck"" Taylor (S2 #6), who possessed direct, on-the-scene knowledge of the operation and its cargo. For sixty years Taylor's explosive twenty-two page report, the original Magnet Ass stamping die, signed photographs, and private correspondence with crewmates Chuck Hand (C-3) and Robert ""Rocky"" Kemp remained sealed in a single private archive. Now, for the first time, Taylor's eyewitness intelligence has been faithfully transformed into a gripping narrative, every critical detail preserved exactly as he recorded it the night Saigon changed forever.

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