In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Minh.
Minh entered military service during the First Indochina War in 1950 as an airborne officer serving in the French colonial forces. Minh was dispatched to An Giang Province, in the Mekong Delta, and served as provincial chief until Diem's death in 1963. He was sometimes known as "Little Minh" to distinguish him from the much larger (physically) Dương Văn Minh, known as "Big Minh".[1]
In 1964, he became deputy commander of the 21st Division in the IV Corps Tactical Zone. In 1965 Minh was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the division. By 1967 Brigadier general William Desobry, the American senior adviser, considered the 21st Division under Minh the best in the ARVN.[2]: 248 However the senior U.S. officer in IV Corps, Major general George S. Eckhardt, had recommended his dismissal, noting that he was "very temperamental and has frequently requested relief when under stress or when at odds with [the] corps commander."[2]: 312
Upon the death of the commander of III Corps, Lieutenant General Do Cao Tri during the Cambodian Incursion of 1970, Minh was promoted and became Corps commander. American evaluations, however, remained unchanged. Lieutenant general Michael S. Davison described him as "burned out" and "desperate", while Major general Jack J. Wagstaff reported that he was "over worked" and "highly emotional" ("as is well known") and that his decisions were "colored largely by his sensing of the moment.[2]: 478
U.S. advisors found his performance during the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive of 1972 "wanting."[2]: 485 Following the offensive Minh remained in command of III Corps despite continued American insistence that he be replaced.[2]: 486
On 27 October 1973 Thiệu transferred Minh back to command of the Capital Military District.[3]: 121–3
On 3 April 1975 after Minh had served as ARVN inspector general Thiệu once again transferred Minh back to command of the Capital Military District.[3]: 393
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^ abcdefClarke, Jeffrey (1998). The U.S. Army in Vietnam Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965-1973(PDF). U.S. Army Center of Military History. ISBN978-1518612619. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ abVeith, George (2012). Black April: The fall of South Vietnam 1973–75. Encounter Books. ISBN9781594035722.
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