sentences:  When the guest asked Đính where the hero was, Đính said "it is me" and claimed to have defeated the Americans.Đính's ego had been played upon by the Ngô brothers, who had themselves reiterated this point and paid him a large cash bonus after the pagoda raids.In the heady times after the attacks, Đính had a "somewhat incoherent" debate with his American advisor, claiming ""he [Đình] was without doubt the greatest general officer in the ARVN, the saviour of Saigon ... and soon he would be the top military man in the country.""