Chin Thi Ngo ( Vietnamese. Trịnh Thị Ngọ ; 1931 , Hanoi , Tonkin Protectorate - September 30, 2016 , Ho Chi Minh City ) [1] [2] , also known as Hanoi Hannah ( English. Hanoi Hannah , literally. Hannah from Hanoi ) - Vietnamese announcer broadcasting to US troops in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War .
| Chin thi ngo | |
|---|---|
| vietnam. Trịnh Thị Ngọ | |
 | |
| Date of Birth | 1931 |
| Place of Birth | Hanoi , French Indochina |
| Date of death | September 30, 2016 |
| Place of death | |
| Citizenship |  Vietnam |
| Occupation | speaker |
Prewar Biography
Born in Hanoi in the family of a wealthy industrialist Chinh Dinh Kinh ( Vietnamese. Trịnh Đính Kính ); in her own words, she was inspired to learn English by watching the movie Gone With the Wind without subtitles [3] . She took private lessons, at the age of 25 she got a job on the State Radio of Vietnam as a news announcer for the English-speaking population of Asian countries [4] .
Vietnam war
During the war, she worked on , organized by the North Vietnamese army for the American troops, aired three times a day, reading out lists of killed and captured soldiers and making statements about the injustice and dishonesty of military operations; the radio station also played popular anti-war songs, trying to arouse homesickness in Americans. She used the pseudonym Thu Hyong ( Vietnamese. Thu Hương , lit. scent of autumn ) [5] . Ngo was notorious among radio listeners: despite the frankly propagandistic nature of her programs [5] , some of the information transmitted to her about the location of the units and recent losses was accurate - the announcer received them from the army newspaper Stars and Stripes [4] [5] . On June 18, 1967, she stated the following [4] :
| How are you, soldier Joe? It seems that most of you know little about how the war is going on, not to mention the correct justification of the reasons for your stay here. There is nothing more disgraceful than death or injury for life without the slightest idea of what is happening. |
After the war, she lived in Ho Chi Minh City [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Thanh Minh . Americans hear the 'Voice of Vietnam' (Vietnam) , Voice of Vietnam (January 28, 2006). Date of treatment June 24, 2007.
- ↑ 'Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called' Hanoi Hannah 'in Vietnam War, Dies
- ↑ Huyền thoại về nữ phát thanh viên 'Hannah Hà Nội'
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Shock and awe, Hannah Hanoi style. . Date of treatment August 22, 2008. Archived August 22, 2008. Thanhnien News. Retrieved 9/22/2008
- ↑ 1 2 3 The Search for Hanoi Hannah , by Don North