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Lê Minh Đảo
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In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Lê, but is often simplified to Le in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Đảo.
Lê Minh Đảo
Born 1933
Occupation General, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Lê Minh Đảo (born 1933) is a former South Vietnamese Major General who led the ARVN 18th Division, nicknamed "The Super Men", at Xuan Loc, the last major battle of the Vietnam War. He currently lives in the United States.
By April 1975, North Vietnamese forces were in full advance and most ARVN resistance had collapsed. Le Minh Dao's 18th Division, however, made a defiant last stand at the Battle of Xuan Loc, 38 miles from Saigon. The fierce fighting raged for two weeks. The 18th Division, outnumbered seven to one by PAVN forces, virtually destroyed three NVA divisions, but was overwhelmed by superior numbers on April 21, 1975. Saigon fell nine days later.
General Dao is famous, for his emotional battlefield interview that was broadcast around the world during the fighting in which he stated that, "The communists could throw their entire Army at Xuan Loc, the 18th will stand fast". When pressed during the battle by Peter Arnett of AP news about the hopeless situation, Dao stated "Please tell the Americans you have seen how the 18th Division can fight and die. Now Please go!" He is considered along with BG Tran Quang Khoi who commanded the III Corps Armored Task Force, as the only ARVN commanders who stood and fought to save Saigon, before the city finally fell on 30 Aril 1975.
Lê Minh Đảo was captured at the end of the battle and spent 17 years in a reeducation camp. After his release, Dao received political asylum in the United States.
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