sentences:  The raids involved the deployment of the 5th Division into the capital.Although the execution of the raids – which left hundreds dead – was primarily the responsibility of Colonel Lê Quang Tung, the special forces head, Đính privately took responsibility, stating to a journalist, ""I have defeated Henry Cabot Lodge [the US ambassador to South Vietnam].He came here to stage a coup d'etat, but I, Tôn Thất Đính, have conquered him and saved the country.""