Tag: General Giap

• Vietnamese General Giap: 1911-2013

  The revolutionary general of the Viet Minh and the North Vietnamese communists died earlier today. (You can check out the slide show of his life on yahoo HERE!) He was the military mind and right hand man of Ho Chi Minh. He dressed in street clothes and a fedora, making an unassuming presence. But his presence…

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  October 6, 2013

  History & Culture, Vietnam

  Dien Bien Phu, French Indochina, French-Indochina War, General Giap, Ho Chi Minh, OSS, Sasse novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree, Vietnam