Labels:text | human face | smile | screenshot | man | person | clothing OCR: THE VIETNAM WAR KEY PLAYERS OVERVIEW HO COURSE OF THE WAR GIAP DIEM HUMAN COST JOHNSON KEY PLAYERS General Giap, leading North Vietnam's defense strategy VO NGUYEN GIAP (1912- ) Defense minister General Giap was one of Ho's closest and most able associates. Trained in law, he led North WESTMORELAND Vietnamese armies to successive victories over a period of 30 years, defeating the Japanese in 1945, the French in 1954, and the U.S. and South Vietnamese in 1975. NIXON CHRONOLOGY