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Also Known As Le Dung
Born April 7, 1908 • Vietnam
Died July 10, 1986 (aged 78) • Hanoi • Vietnam
Political Affiliation Indochinese Communist Party • Vietnamese Communist Party • Vietnamese Workers’ Party
Role In Vietnam War
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Ton Duc Thang
president of Vietnam
Vo Chi Cong
Vietnamese revolutionary
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese politician
Huynh Tan Phat
Vietnamese leader
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamese political leader
Nguyen Huu Tho
president of Vietnam
Phạm Tuân
Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
Truong Chinh
Vietnamese scholar and statesman
Nguyen Van Thieu
president of South Vietnam
Chu Van Tan
Vietnamese military and political leader
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnamese leader
Nguyen Khanh
Vietnamese politician and military leader
Do Muoi
Vietnamese political leader
Pham Hung
prime minister of Vietnam
James Stockdale
United States admiral
Melvin Laird
American public official
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
president of United States
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
president of United States

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