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Đàm Thị Loan

Đàm Thị Loan

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Đàm Thị Loan (1926–2010), born Đàm Thị Nết, was a lieutenant colonel in the People's Army of Vietnam. She was one of three female soldiers in the original Vietnam Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation in 1944 and was in the honor guard hoisting the flag of the new independent country in the Independence ceremony held at Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945. Her husband was general Hoàng Văn Thái, the first chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army and the military leader of Viet Cong.

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Đàm, but is often simplified to Dam in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Loan.
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