Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh

Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh
Born 10 July 1926 (age 90)
Mỹ Tho, Tiền Giang Province, French Indochina (now Vietnam)
Allegiance Vietnamese National Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Years of service 19??–1975
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/wars Fall of Saigon

Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh 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.

Hanh assisted South Vietnam President Dương Văn Minh in the announcement that there would be a transfer of power to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.

Quotes

  • "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."
  • Comments when hearing of the death of General William Westmoreland - "I met him a couple of times," - "He was a good man."
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