Saturday 5 October 2013

Legendary Vietnam Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap dies

bigstory.ap.org - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Officials say legendary Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the military mastermind who drove the French and the Americans out of Vietnam, has died at age 102. He was the country's last famous communist revolutionary, and used ingenious guerrilla tactics to overcome enormous odds against superior forces.Giap was a national hero whose legacy was second only to that of his mentor, former President Ho Chi Minh, who led the country to independence.

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