Huynh Van Cao

Who is Huynh Van Cao?

Major General Huỳnh Văn Cao was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In 1950, he graduated from Military school in Huế. He then attended College of Tactics and graduated in Hanoi in 1952. He went to the United States and attended Command and General Staff College and he graduated in 1958.

He was the commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 7th Division. He worked with Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann, most notably during the Battle of Ap Bac. He served as Senate First Vice President in the government of South Vietnam.

After the Fall of Saigon, he was left behind in South Vietnam and imprisoned until 1987. He came to the United States in 1990. He is a contributing writer for the Vietnam Magazine and the author of Vietnam: Today & Tomorrow.