Death of a Hero

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A hero died.

Vo Nguyen Giap was a Vietnamese hero who fought against Japanese, French, Chinese and American imperialism, defeating them all with vigorous strength. He died in Hanoi at the young age of 102.

One of the iconic photos of the war:


Slightly less used:


Our hero:


Of course his courageous stand, and the tactics he used were famously copied by Muhammad "No Vietcong ever called me a nigger" Ali, in his 1974 fight against George Foreman in Zaire.


Fittingly, the movie about it "When We Were Kings" was being shown by the ABC in Australia on September 11 when the attacks against America happened.

Namaste.
 

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Wasnt it General Giap, great soldier, the white volcano??...i have read lots about him, he was the americans nemesis!
 

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Hahahahahaaaa! Congrats Willsy, you just won the award for "Most appropriate reply ever". ;)
My thoughts exactly.

I think Willsy deserves a custom title for that effort, something along the lines of "Old wise master".
 
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