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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]

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

Early years

Hoàng Cầm was born Đỗ Văn Cầm in Cao Sơn, Ứng Hòa district, Hà Tây province of the Tonkin Protectorate. Cầm beared a poor childhood, was orphaned at age of 12. At age of 21, he joined Tirailleurs indochinois stationed at Lai Châu. Two years later he was transferred to Hà Nội, but deserted thus escaping from Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina in March 1945. In July 1945, Cầm joined the Youth Union of Hà Nội, then joined National Salvation Army of Hà Nội after August Uprising and changed his name to Hoàng Cầm.[5]

Military career

References

  1. ^ Hoàng, Phan (1999). Phỏng vấn các tướng lĩnh Việt Nam: tập 1-2-3 (in Vietnamese). Trẻ. p. 10.
  2. ^ "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. ^ a b "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"


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