Van Tien Dung North Vietnamese general

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 21, 2002 | Copyright information

Van Tien Dung, 84 North Vietnamese general

Thursday, March 21, 2002

Hanoi, Vietnam -- Gen. Van Tien Dung, who commanded the North Vietnamese forces who captured Saigon in the final act of the Vietnam War, died Sunday, Vietnam's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday. He was 84.

Part of an elite handful of revolutionaries who masterminded Vietnam's war of independence against France, Dung was named Hanoi's military chief of staff in 1953 and went on to fight against American f...

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