Edited sentence: During their 2 hour seige they caught Nguyễn Văn Lém.He finished his US Amry career as a US Army jump school instructuor.His Ranger team fought back the VC after the US embassy was taken during the Tet.Richard Lee Nicholson completed his tour in Vietnam with the US Army Rangers in 1968.Richard Lee Nicholson, was part of a US Army Ranger team who captured Nguyễn Văn Lém.Richard earned 1 Silver Star, 4 Bronze Stars, and 1 Purple Heart.The Rangers were deployed from helicopters and landed on the embassy roof.The reason why the Chief of Police of Saigon (Nguyễn Ngọc Loan) executed him is because Nguyễn Văn Lém had murdered his entire family.Though this is an awful picture of war, one must understand the duress that Nguyễn Ngọc Loan was under once he found the man that had murdered more than 5 members of his family.Today he is one of the most decorated living Vietnam Veterans in all of South Eastern Michigan