 On 1 November 1963 , Tung was summoned by the coup organisers to the Joint General Staff headquarters at Tân Sơn Nhứt Air Base , on the pretext of a routine officers ' lunch meeting . At 13 : 30 , General Trần Văn Đôn announced that a coup was taking place . Most of the officers rose to applaud , but Tung did not . He was taken away by Nguyễn Văn Nhung , the bodyguard of General Dương Văn Minh . As he was led away , Tung shouted " Remember who gave you your stars ! " 
