Nguyễn Sơn
Vietnamese military leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nguyễn Sơn (1 October 1908 – 21 October 1956), also known by his Chinese name Hong Shui (Chinese: 洪水), was a Vietnamese military leader who participated in the Chinese Communist Revolution and the First Indochina War against the French.[1][2][3] Sơn spent much of his early years in China, and was one of the few Vietnamese who had participated in and survived the Long March with the Chinese Communist Party.[4] He was awarded the rank of Major General in both the Vietnam People's Army and the People's Liberation Army.[5]
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Nguyễn Sơn | |
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Birth name | Vũ Nguyên Bác |
Other name(s) | Hồng Tú Nguyễn Sơn Lý Anh Tự Hồng Thủy Hong Shui (洪水) |
Born | (1908-10-01)1 October 1908 Kiêu Kỵ village, Gia Lâm district, Bắc Ninh province, French Indochina |
Died | 21 October 1956(1956-10-21) (aged 48) Hanoi, North Vietnam |
Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party North Vietnam |
Service/ | People's Liberation Army Vietnam People's Army |
Rank | Major General (China) Major General (North Vietnam) |
Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War
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Awards | Order of Bayi (First Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class) Order of Liberation (First Class) |
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He married Lê Hằng Huân, a daughter of the writer Lê Dư, his sisters-in-law being Lê Hằng Phương wife of the writer Vũ Ngọc Phan, and Lê Hằng Phấn wife of the writer Hoàng Văn Chí.