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Nguyen Lac Hoa

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Catholic priest; Vietnamese anticommunist military leader (1908-1989)

Religious FiguresLived 1908 to 1989 · aged 81
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Augustinus Nguyễn Lạc Hóa was a refugee Chinese Catholic priest, who arrived in South Vietnam in 1959 and led a militia called the Sea Swallows resisting the Viet Cong in the Ca Mau Peninsula.

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Insignia of Biệt khu Hải YếnInsignia of Biệt khu Hải Yến

Awards 1

1964Ramon Magsaysay Award

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Augustinus Nguyễn Lạc Hóa was a refugee Chinese Catholic priest, who arrived in South Vietnam in 1959 and led a militia called the Sea Swallows resisting the Viet Cong in the Ca Mau Peninsula. The "fighting priest" and his "village that refused to die" attracted admiring media stories in the United States, and in 1964 he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Public Service category.

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Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1989 · aged 81
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