Legendary Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap Dead At 102

Vo Nguyen Giap, Red Napolean Who Drove France And US Out Of Vietnam, Dies -- The Australian

VO Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general who drove the French out of Vietnam to free it from colonial rule and later forced the Americans to abandon their gruelling effort to save the country from communism, has died. At age 102, he was the last of Vietnam's old-guard revolutionaries.

Giap died last night in a military hospital in the capital of Hanoi where he had spent close to four years growing weaker and suffering from long illnesses, a government official and a source close to General Giap said.

General Giap was a national hero whose legacy was second only to that of his mentor, founding president Ho Chi Minh, who led the country to independence.

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More News On The Death Of Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap

Legendary Vietnam Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap dies -- USA Today/AP
Vietnam independence hero General Giap dead at 102 -- AFP
Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, Who Ousted U.S. From Vietnam, Is Dead -- New York Times
Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese General Who Beat French, Dies at 102 -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Vietnam's military mastermind Vo Nguyen Giap dies -- Reuters
Legendary Vietnamese General Dead at 102 -- Voice of America
Vietnam's General Vo Nguyen Giap dies -- BBC
Vo Nguyen Giap, renowned Vietnamese general, dies in Hanoi -- Washington Post
Legendary Vietnamese Gen. Giap Dies -- Wall Street Journal
Vietnamese general behind victories over French and US dies aged 102 -- The Guardian

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Photos Of The Vietnam War Taken By AP Photographers To Be Released In A New Book Entitled 'Vietnam: The Real War'

Vietnam: The Real War is being published on Oct. 1 by Abrams Books in the U.S. and Canada, and by Abrams & Chronicle Books in the UK

The Real Vietnam: Spectacular Images Taken By Courageous AP War Photographers Released To Remember 50 Years Since Conflict Began -- Daily Mail

The Vietnam War left a deep and lasting impression on not just the soldiers who fought but the whole of America.

And the superb photojournalism by the Associated Press' Saigon bureau was largely responsible for sharing the bravery and drama of the conflict with those at home.

Half a century on from the beginning of the war, a new book entitled 'Vietnam: The Real War' showcases some 300 of the most historic AP images - from Malcolm Browne's image of the burning monk to Nick Ut's photograph of a 9-year-old running from a napalm attack to Eddie Adams' picture of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner - that serve as a photographic record of the combat.

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Update #1: Slaughter of the innocents: The Vietnam war as never seen before -- The Independent
Update #2: 'Vietnam: The Real War': Iconic images mark conflict's 50th anniversary -- New York Daily News

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