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DIA PASS TO DOD POW-MIA CENTRAL DOCUMENTATION OFFICE
SUBJ:SRV ORAL HISTORY; INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR LE CAO
S DAI
E
C 1. PROFESSOR/DOCTOR LE CAO DAI WAS INTERVIEWED BY JTFFA
T SPECIAL ASSISTANT, MR. [XXXX] AT THE HANOI UNIVERSITY
I OF MEDICINE ON 29 OCTOBER 1992. THE INTERVIEW WITH DR
O DAI WAS GRANTED IN RESPONSE TO A LONG STANDING REQUEST
N FOR ACCESS TO DR. DAI, DUE TO HIS REPORTED PREVIOUS
A INVOLVEMENT WITH US POW'S WHO WERE PROVIDED MEDICAL
L TREATMENT IN FACILITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM
(PAVN) MILITARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT DURING THE WAR.
M MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (MOI) REPRESENTATIVE, MR PHAM
S BINH, MONITORED THE INTERVIEW.
G
2. DR DAI SAID HE DEPARTED HANOI ON 20 JANUARY 1966 AND
TRAVELED SOUTH ON THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL, ARRIVING IN THE
AREA OF THE B-3 FRONT SOMETIME DURING MARCH 1966.
SHORTLY PRIOR TO DR. DAI'S ARRIVAL IN THE HIGHLANDS AREA,
THE B-3 FRONT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AUTHORITY OF INTER
REGION (LIEN kHU) 5 AKA MILITARY REGION 5, AND PLACED
UNDER THE DIRECT AUTHORITY OF THE PAVN HIGH COMMAND. AT
THE TIME OF THIS COMMAND CHANGE, FIVE SEPARATE MEDICAL
UNITS IN THE B-3 AREA WERE SUBORDINATE TO THE PAVN
MILITARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. THESE UNITS WERE DESIGNATED
TREATMENT TEAMS, (DOI DIEU TRI) 80, 81, 82, 83, AND 84.
TEAM 84 EVOLVED INTO A FIELD HOSPITAL. BECAUSE OF
CONFUSION CONCERNING UNIT DESIGNATIONS, DUE TO THE
PRESENCE OF SIMILARLY DESIGNATED COMMO-LIAISON T-84,
WHICH WAS LOCATED NEARBY, THE HOSPITAL WAS REDESIGNATED
V-21. AS THE HOSPITAL INCREASED IN SIZE, PERSONNEL AND
STAFF SECTIONS FROM BOTH MILITARY HOSPITALS IN THE HANOI
AREA DESIGNATED MH103 AND MH108 WERE SENT SOUTH FOR
ASSIGNMENT TO HOSPITAL V-21, THUS THE NUMERICAL
DESIGNATIONS 103 AND 108 WERE COMBINED, AND HOSPITAL V-
21 WAS REDESIGNATED V-211. V-211 CONTINUED TO RETAIN THE
DESIGNATION V-21, HOWEVER, AS AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATION.
3. V-211 WAS CONSIDERED A FULLY OPERATIONAL FIELD
HOSPITAL WITH A CAPACITY OF 1000 PATIENTS. THE B-3 FRONT
AREA WAS CENTERED ON THE TRI-BORDER AREA OF VIETNAM,
LAOS, AND CAMBODIA. THE NORTHERN SECTION OF B-3 WAS LOCATED
INSIDE LAOS, AND DESIGNATED "THE NORTHERN WING"
(CANH BAC), THE CENTRAL SECTION WAS LOCATED INSIDE
CAMBODIA AND DESIGNATED THE "CENTRAL WING" (CANH TRUNG),
AND THE SOUTHERN SECTION, ALSO LOCATED IN CAMBODIA, THE
"SOUTHERN WING" (CANH KAM). THE REMAINING TREATMENT
TEAMS (I.E. 80, 81, 82, AND 83), WERE ALSO REORGANIZED.
(NOTE: SOURCE WAS NOT ABLE TO RECALL SPECIFIC
REORGANIZATION PLAN). A SMALL MOBILE HOSPITAL IN THE
NORTHERN WING WAS DESIGNATED V-1, V-21 AKA V-211 WAS
ASSIGNED TO THE CENTRAL WING, AND A SMALL MOBILE
HOSPITAL DESIGNATED V-2 WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SOUTHERN
WING. V-2 WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE POKO RIVER IN
CAMBODIA. TREATMENT TEAM (DDT) 5 WAS SUBORDINATE TO V-2.
DDT 5 MOVED UP AND DOWN THE BORDER DEPENDANT ON THE
LOCATIONS OF MAJOR BATTLES THAT OCCURRED WITH US
FORCES. DDT 5 AT ONE POINT MOVED SOUTH TO THE BORDER OF
QUANG DUC PROVINCE. V-211 REMAINED IN THE NORTHERN WING
FROM MARCH TO DECEMBER 1966, WHEN IT WAS MOVED TO THE
CENTRAL WING. SOMETIME DURING 1969 V-211 WAS MOVED BACK
TO THE NORTHERN WING, DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD.
ACCORDING TO DR DAI, THE NORTHERN WING WAS THE LOCATION
OF THE LOGISTICS BRIDGEHEAD FROM THE NORTH. DR DAI WAS
NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR V-211, BUT
RECALLED IT WAS LOCATED NEXT TO A SMALL STREAM CALLED
"SUOI LE", WHICH BRANCHED OFF OF A LARGER STREAM CALLED
"SOUI LA". DR DAI RECALLED THAT IN ADDITION TO HOSPITALS
(VIEN) V-1, V-21, AKA V-211, V-2, AND TREATMENT TEAM
(DDT) 5, THERE WERE TWO OTHER TREATMENT TEAMS DESIGNATED
DDT 3 AND DDT 4. ALL HOSPITALS AND TREATMENT TEAMS WERE
SUBORDINATE TO THE MILITARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (QUAN Y)
OF THE B-3 FRONT (MAT THAN B-3) AKA WESTERN HIGHLANDS
FRONT (MAT THAN TAY NGUYEN). THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
REMAINED WITH THE FRONT HEADQUARTERS (BO CHI HUY MAT
THAN) OF B-3 EACH TIME IT MOVED. DR DAI SAID THE
HEADQUARTERS MOVED FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE WARTIME
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SUBJ:SRV ORAL HISTORY; INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR LE CAO
S DAI
E YEARS. DR DAI RECALLED THAT OTHER FRONTS ORGANIZED
C DURING THE SAME PERIOD INCLUDED B-1 (INTER REGION AKA
T MILITARY REGION 5), B-2 (SOUTHERN VIETNAM), B-4 (TRI-
I THIEN-HUE), AND B-5 (HIGHWAY 9 AND SOUTHERN LAOS).
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N 4. CONCERNING US POW'S, DR DAI SAID THAT DURING THE TIME
A V-211 WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL WING INSIDE CAMBODIA,
L (I.E MARCH 1966 TO 1969) A CAMP FOR US POW'S WAS
LOCATED ONE HOUR WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE HOSPITAL. DR
M DAI ESTIMATED THE DISTANCE AS BEING FROM THREE TO FIVE
S KILOMETERS. HE SAID HE PASSED BY THE CAMP ON AT LEAST
G ONE OCCASION AND RECALLED HAVING SEEN APPROXIMATELY 30
TO 40 US POW'S HELD THERE. DR DAI SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO
IDENTIFY ANY OF THE MEN HELD IN THE CAMP. DR DAI LATER
HAD CONTACT WITH ONE BLACK US POW AND ONE CAUCASIAN POW
WHO WERE BROUGHT TO V-211 FOR TREATMENT OF WOUNDS. HE
SAID BOTH OF THE MEN ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL SOMETIME
DURING 1968 OR 1969 AND (NO SPECIFIC TIME RECALLED). DR DAI
SAID BOTH OF THE POW'S DIED WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL, AND BOTH WERE
SUBSEQUENTLY BURIED IN THE V-211 HOSPITAL
CEMETERY LOCATED NEARBY. DR DAI WAS NOT ABLE TO RECALL
ANY DETAILS CONCERNING THE CAUCASIAN POW, BUT HE
DID VAGUELY RECALL THE BLACK MAN. HE SAID THAT WHEN HE FIRST
SAW THE MAN HE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY
WOUNDED IN BATTLE. HE RECALLED THAT THE BLACK MAN WAS
SHORT AND HAD DARK SKIN. DR DAI WAS NOT ABLE TO TYPE THE
BLOOD DUE TO A LACK OF REFRIGERATION. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO
PROVIDE ANY OTHER PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION. DR DAI SAID THE
BLACK MAN HAD SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE BUTTOCKS
AND THE WOUND WAS SERIOUS. THE BLACK MAN ENTERED THE
HOSPITAL AND DIED SOMETIME DURING 1968, AND DR DAI
ATTEMPTED TO PRESERVE THE SKELETAL REMAINS, BUT WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO LACK OF FORMALDEHYDE. HE ATTEMPTED
TO SUBSTITUTE BY USING A SALINE SOLUTION, BUT DECIDED TO
BURY THE REMAINS ABOUT ONE TO TWO MONTHS AFTER THE MAN
DIED, DUE TO THE ODOR. DR DAI RECALLED THAT THE TWO
AMERICANS WERE BURIED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER,
AND NEAR A BAMBOO CLUMP WHICH WAS NEXT TO A SMALL
STREAM.
5. WHEN ASKED ABOUT A SKELETAL REMAINS USED AS A
TRAINING AID, DR DAI SAID HE RECALLED THAT ONE SKELETAL
REMAINS WAS RECOVERED FROM A STREAM BED IN SA THAY
DISTRICT OF KON TUM PROVINCE. HE SAID THIS REMAINS WAS
RECOVERED AFTER INTENSE FIGHTING WHICH OCCURRED SOMETIME
DURING 1968 OR 1969. ALL FLESH WAS REMOVED FROM THE
REMAINS BY THE SWIFT CURRENT AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO
DETERMINE THE RACIAL ORIGIN OF THE REMAINS. DR DAI SAID
THE B-3 FRONT WA REDESIGNATED AS THE PAVN 3RD CORPS
AFTER THE WAR ENDED, AND HE WENT TO VISIT THE CORPS
ABOUT TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INTERVIEW. WHILE VISITING
THE 3RD CORPS, HE HEARD THAT THE SKELETAL REMAINS
RECOVERED DURING 1968 WAS RETURNED TO THE 3RD CORPS
MEDICAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL ( TRUONG Y SI QUAN DOAN BA )
AFTER THE WAR. DR DAI SAID THAT DURING A TRIP TO THE US
HE MET WITH MR [XXXX] [XXXX] IN WASHINGTON D.C., AND
MENTIONED TO HIM THE FACT THAT HE KNEW ABOUT SOME
AMERICANS WHO DIED WHILE IN THE B-3 HOSPITAL.
6. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF RECORDS STILL
EXISTING FROM THE V-211 HOSPITAL, DR DAI SAID HE DID
RECALL SOME LIMITED RECORDS OF THE HOSPITAL WERE
TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL (VIEN V-21) IN PLEIKU CITY AFTER
THE WAR ENDED. DR DAI STRESSED THAT THESE RECORDS WERE
IN VERY POOR CONDITION DUE TO MOISTURE, AND HE WAS NOT
SURE IF THEY WERE STILL READABLE. DR DAI SUGGESTED SA
CONTACT DR DIEP (DDIEEPJ) AT V-21 HOSPITAL CONCERNING
THE RECORDS. SA INFORMAED DR DAI HE HAD ALREADY
INTERVIEWED DR DIEP, AND THAT DR DIEP HAD ALREADY
PLEDGED TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE ANY AVAILABLE RECORDS OF
THE WARTIME HOSPITAL. WHEN ASKED CONCERNING OTHER
POTENTIAL WITNESSES FOR INTERVIEWS, DR DAI SUGGESTED SA
CONTACT DR HA NHUONG (NHUWNGX), THE FORMER HEAD OF THE
PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF V-211 HOSPITAL DURING THE WAR.
DR DAI SAID DR NHUONG WAS REASSIGNED TO MILITARY
HOSPITAL 108 AFTER THE WAR AND HE RETIRED SOMETIME
DURING 1990. HE RECALLED THAT DR NHUONG RESIDED FOUR
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S DAI
E PARIS AGREEMENTS, BUT DR NHUONG REMAINED IN THE AREA
C UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. HE SAID THAT IN HIS PERSONAL
T OPINION, DR NHUONG WOULD BETTER BE ABLE TO RELOCATE THE
I CEMETERY WHERE THE TWO AMERICANS WERE BURIED. DR DAI
O STRESSED THAT RECOVERING THE REMAINS MIGHT BE DIFFICULT
N DUE TO MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS LEFT BEHIND BY FORCES OF
A BOTH SIDES. HE SAID THE REMAINS OF PAVN SOLDIER,S WHO
L DIED AND WERE BURIED NEAR THE HSOPITAL, WERE RECOVERED
BY PAVN FORCES AFTER THE WAR ENDED, AND THESE REMAINS
M WERE REINTERRED AT DAK TO IN KON TUM PROVINCE. DR DAI
S SAID THE REMAINS OF PAVN SOLDIERS WERE IDENTIFIED BASED
G ON A WRITTEN RECORD PLACED IN A MEDICINE VIAL AND BURIED
WITH THE REMAINS. HE SAID HE COULD NOT RULE OUT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THE REMAINS OF THE TWO AMERICANS WERE
ALSO RECOVERED ALONG WITH THE PAVN REMAINS.
6. DR DAI SAID HE RECALLED THAT ONE ADDITIONAL REMAINS
WAS DISCOVERED IN THE AREA OF V-211 HOSPITAL DURING
1971. HE SAID THESE REMAINS WERE COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED
AND NO DETERMINATION WAS MADE AS TO RACIAL ORIGIN. THE
REMAINS WERE FOUND BY A PAVN SOLDIER (NAME NOT RECALLED)
ASSIGNED TO THE V-211 SECURITY FORCE. THE SOLDIER WHO
FOUND THE REMAINS REPORETED THAT A RIFLE WITH A WOODEN
STOCK WAS FOUND NEXT TO THE REMAINS. THE STOCK HAD BEEN
EATEN AWAY BY TERMITES. (NOTE: THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE
TRI-BORDER AREA WILL RECALL THAT TERMITE MOUNDS OVER ONE
METER HIGH WERE QUITE COMMON). THE SAME SOLDIER ALOS
FOUND A SEIKO WATCH WHICH WAS STILL OPERABLE, WHICH THE
SOLDIER WAS ALLOWED TO RETAIN AS A WAR TROPHY. THE WATCH
HAD A DATE ENGRAVED ON THE REVERSE SIDE, BUT DR DAI WAS
NOT ABLE TO RECALL THE DATE. DR DAI SPECULATED THE THE
REMAINS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A CASUALY FROM A COMMANDO
(BIET KICH) FORCE THAT RAIDED THE V-211 HOSPITAL DURING
1971. HE SAID ONE US HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE
HOSPITAL SECURITY FORCE DURING THE RAID. DR DAI RECALLED
THAT THE HELICOPTER ARRIVED IN THE AREA OF THE HOSPITAL
TO EXTRACT MEMBERS OF THE RAIDING PARTY, BUT SHORTLY
AFTER LIFTING OFF THE HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN. HE
ESTIMATED THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED ABOUT ONE TO TWO
KILOMETERS FROM HOSPITAL V-211'S LOCATION AT THAT TIME.
DR DAI SAID HE DID NOT RECALL THE DISPOSITION OF THE
REMAINS FOUND WITH THE RIFLE AND SEIKO WATCH.
7. WHEN ASKED CONCERNING OTHER HOSPITAL LOCATIONS WHERE
US PERSONNEL MIGHT AHVE BEEN BURIED, DR DAI SAID HE
RECALLED PASSING THROUGH A PAVN MILITARY HOSPITAL
LOCATED IN SARAVAN PROVINCE, LAOS WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE
B-3 FRONT DURING 1966. HE COULD NOT RECALL THE
DESIGNATION OF THE HOSPITAL, BUT DID RECALL THAT THE
DIRECTOR WAS DR HUE (HUEEJ) (LNU). DR DAI SAID HE WAS
AWARE THAT A LARGE HOSPITAL HAD EXISTED IN INTER REGION
5, BUT HE HAD NEVER GONE THERE DUE TO THE DISTANCE AND
RUGGED TERAIN. DR DAI COULD NOT RECALL THE DESIGNATION
OF THE MR5 HOSPITAL BUT DID RECALL THE DIRECTOR WAS DR
HA VAN MAO (MAOJ). HE SAID DR MAO RETURNED TO HANOI
AFTER THE WAR AND WAS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO
DEPARTMENT A3 OF MILITARY HOSPITAL 108. DR DAI SAID HE
INTENDED TO CONTACT THE FORMER DIRECTORS OF THE WARTIME
HOSPITALS, AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BE
KNOWLEDGABLE CONCERNING US PERSONNEL, TO SEE IF THEY
WOULD BE WILLING TO BE INTERVIEWED. DR DAI SAID HE WAS
OPTIMISTIC REGARDING THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE
INTERVIEWED, BECAUSE HE HIMSELF HAD ENJOYED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THE WAR WITH SOMEONE
WHO SERVED IN THE SAME AREA AS HE DURING THE WAR. DR DAI
SAID HE HAD MET WITH SEVERAL AMERIACN PERSONNEL AFTER
THE WAR AND HAD NO INTENTION OF WITHHOLDING INFORMATION
CONCERNING US PERSONNEL, BUT HE SIMPLY HAD DIFFICULTY
HOLDING SUCH A CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG "NGO" PERSONNEL,
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT RELATE TO THE PLACES AND
INCIDENTS TO WHICH HE REFERRED.
8. WHEN ASKED CONCERNING OTHER US PERSONNEL HE MIGHT
HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH DURING THE WAR, DR DAI SAID HE WAS
ONLY ABLE TO RECALL ONE OTHER OCCASION WHEN HE OBSERVED
US POW'S. HE SAID THAT SOMETIME DURING AUGUST OR
SEPTEMBER OF 1971 HE WAS CALLED BACK TO HANOI FOR A
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S DAI
E RECALLED WHERE HE OBSERVED TWO OR THREE US MALE,
C CAUCASIAN POW'S. HE COULD ONLY RECALL THAT THE COMMO-
T LIAISON STATION WAS LOCATED ON THE BAC (BACJ) RIVER
I SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 9 AND THE B-3 FRONT. HE
O VAGUELY RECALLED THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING AS BEING LATE
N DECEMBER. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO RECALL ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
A CONCERNING THE SIGHTING.
L
9. DR DAI SAID THE ONLY OTHER INFORMATION HE HAD
M CONCERNING US PERSONNEL WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY AN
S ACQUAINTANCE. HE THEN PRODUCED A SLIP OF PAPER WITH THE
G FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION MEDIA INFORMATION "LENT MICHAEL
M US 52779750 A POS 073 34 9621 JEWISH". ALTHOUGH THIS
WAS THE ONLY NAME IN POSSESSION OF DR DAI, THE SLIP PF
PAPER AND A HANDWRITTEN NOTATION INDICATING IT WAS THE
SECORD NAME IN A SERIES OF AT LEAST TWO NAMES. SA
INFORMED DR DAI THAT THE NAME DID NOT APPEAR ON THE LIST
OF ACTIVE CASES.
10. COMMENT: DR DAI PROVIDED HIS INFORMATION IN A
STRAIGHTFORWARD MANNER. IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE HE DID
NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION HE GAVE A NEGATIVE
RESPONSE RATHER THAN FABRICATE AN ANSWER. DR DAI
INDICATED SECERAL TIMES THAT HE DOES HAVE PERSONAL
DIARIES WITH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. HE PLEDGED TO
REVIEW THOSE DIARIES PRIOR TO A FUTURE INTERVIEW
SESSION. DR DAI ALSO PLEDGED TO LOCATE OTHER WARTIME
MEDICAL PERSONNEL WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF US CASUALTIES.
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