Hoàng Cầm (general)

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Colonel General
Hoàng Cầm
Personal details
Born
Đỗ Văn Cầm

(1920-04-30)30 April 1920
Ứng Hòa, Hà Tây, Tonkin (French protectorate)
Died19 August 2013(2013-08-19) (aged 93)
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
Awards Ho Chi Minh Order
Military service
AllegianceVietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam and later Vietnam
Branch/servicePeople's Army of Vietnam
RankColonel General
Battles/wars

Hoàng Cầm (born Đỗ Văn Cầm) (1920–2013) was a colonel general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).[1][2] He led the PAVN 4th Corps in the Battle of Phước Long and Battle of Xuân Lộc.[3]: 75 [4][5]

Hoàng Cầm was born Đỗ Văn Cầm in Cao Sơn, Ứng Hòa district, Hà Tây province of the Tonkin Protectorate, French Indochina.[2]

There is another by the name of Hoàng Cầm (1916–1996), who was a soldier inventor of the Viet Minh Hoàng Cầm stove.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hoàng, Phan (1999). Phỏng vấn các tướng lĩnh Việt Nam: tập 1-2-3 (in Vietnamese). Trẻ. p. 10.
  2. ^ a b "Colonel General Hoàng Cầm". mod.gov.vn. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ^ Veith, George (2012). Black April The Fall of South Vietnam 1973-75. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594035722.
  4. ^ The Tragedy of the Vietnam War: A South Vietnamese Officer's Analysis - Page 203 Van Nguyen Duong - 2008 "The NVA IV Corps of Major General Hoang Cam, comprised the 341st, 2nd and 7th Divisions plus an artillery regiment and an armored regiment assailed the ARVN 18th Division along inter-provincial Route 20 and at Xuan-Loc, the capital city "
  5. ^ "Colonel General Hoàng Cầm". qdnd.vn. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Volume 1 - Page 249 David W. P. Elliott - 2003 "... and cook without fire (this certainly refers to the famous Hoang Cam stove, named after its Viet Minh inventor, who discovered a way of"