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A Bronze Head Bust of A Young Vietnamese Women by Thanh Le NGuyen
General Homer K. Hansen
Major-General Tran Van Minh
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Laotian Woman Bronze Head Bust by Thanh Le NGuyen

$1,170.00

A unique item from the Vietnam war era featuring a Laotian woman bronze bust sculpture made by Nguyen Thanh Le that was presented as a gift in September 1969 to Brigadier General Homer K. Hansen by Major General Tran Van Minh, commander of the VNAF (South Vietnam Air Force).  Nguyen Thanh Le was a Vietnamese artisan, graduate of the Bien Hoa Fine Arts School, who sold her sculptures and other works of art to mainly military personnel from a shop on Thu Do Street in the former Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.  These works later found their way to the US and France as military personnel went back home.

This Laotian woman bust of a young woman shows her beautiful features, unique hair style and ornate earrings.

Dimensions:

Height: 31 cm (12.20 inches)

Width: 9 cm (3.54 inches)

Weight: 5.4 Kg (11.90 lbs)

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General Hansen served in Vietnam starting in May 1968 as commander, 3d Tactical Fighter Wing, Bien Hoa Air Base. In May 1969 he was appointed director, Tactical Air Control Center, Headquarters Seventh Air Force, Tan Son Nhut Airfield.  During his Vietnam tour he flew 230 combat missions in F-100, F-4 and A-37 aircraft.

In November 1967 Tran Van Minh was promoted to Brigadier-General and commander of the VNAF (South Vietnam Air Force) and to Major-General in 1968.  Minh would be the longest-serving commander of the VNAF holding command from 1967 until the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 where he was evacuated and live in the US until his death in 1997.

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