General Thura Tin Oo (Burmese: တင်ဦး, IPA: [tɪ̀ɴ ʔú]; born 3 March 1927 in Pathein, often referred to as U Tin Oo) is a retired general, former commander in chief of the armed forces of Union of Myanmar, highly decorated soldier, pro-democracy activist and deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar.
Tin Oo joined the army on February 26, 1946 as a Second Lieutenant in Burma Rifle Battalion. He reached the ranks of Lieute...
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General Thura Tin Oo (Burmese: တင်ဦး, IPA: [tɪ̀ɴ ʔú]; born 3 March 1927 in Pathein, often referred to as U Tin Oo) is a retired general, former commander in chief of the armed forces of Union of Myanmar, highly decorated soldier, pro-democracy activist and deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar.
Tin Oo joined the army on February 26, 1946 as a Second Lieutenant in Burma Rifle Battalion. He reached the ranks of Lieutenant on January 7, 1947, Captain on September 27, 1948 and served as executive officer at Armed Forces Training Headquarters. On June 22, 1949, he was transferred to No.1 Burma Rifle Battalion as Company Commander. He was promoted to the rank of Major on January 25, 1950 and became Deputy Battalion Commander (2IC) of No.1 Burma Rifle Battalion and took over the position of acting Battalion Commander on November 27, 1951.
Tin Oo was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on January 21, 1954 and became Commander of 4th Infantry Brigade on May 30, 1957....
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