Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1926

Place of Birth: Mỹ Tho, Tiền Giang, Vietnam

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2019

Profession: military leader

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh

  • Nguy?n H?u H?nh (July 26, 1926 – September 29, 2019) was a Vietnamese military officer who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, rising to the rank of Brigadier General.
  • His first son Second Lieutenant Nguyen Huu Tai, born in 1948, was killed in a raid on Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province. H?nh assisted South Vietnam President Duong Van Minh in the announcement that there would be a transfer of power to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.
  • H?nh stated, "Duong Van Minh wanted to end the fighting in order to save Saigon and avoid civilian casualties.
  • As a general himself, President Minh knew only too well that there was nothing left to defend.
  • He did not want to evacuate the government to the Mekong Delta as some of his generals had suggested.
  • He just wanted peace."H?nh died on 29 September 2019, aged 93.

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