Since the US was fighting North Vietnam, and the US was referred to by the GIs as "Uncle Sam", "Uncle Ho" seemed fitting. Besides, it was alot easier to say, than Ho Chi Minh.
Saigon.
The leader of the People's Republic of Vietnam during their wars of independence was Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh saw through leadership of the resistance against the Japanese, French and ultimately the Americans.
For some GIs it will always be called Saigon. But the tourists can call it Ho Chi Minh City.
That was Ho Chi Minh. He wrote a proclamation of independence from France, for the nation of Vietnam, in 1945.
North Vietnam.
Even GIs called him "Uncle Ho."
Saigon.
Saigon
The leader of the People's Republic of Vietnam during their wars of independence was Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh saw through leadership of the resistance against the Japanese, French and ultimately the Americans.
See: Biography on Ho Chi Minh.
No, Ho Chi Minh is not single.
For some GIs it will always be called Saigon. But the tourists can call it Ho Chi Minh City.
I believe it was Ho Chi Minh.
Ho Chi Minh does nothing. He died in 1969
Ho Chi Minh was the leader of North Vietnam .
That was Ho Chi Minh. He wrote a proclamation of independence from France, for the nation of Vietnam, in 1945.
Ho Chi Minh