OSS Deer Team

The first mission of OSS Deer Team was to help train 50 to 100 Việt Minh guerrillas to help drive Japanese soldiers out of French Indochina.

Deer Team worked closely with Hồ Chí Minh and Võ Nguyên Giáp, whom they knew only as "Mr. Hoo" and "Mr.

[1] The two groups were friendly and fought as comrades-in-arms to capture the Japanese garrison at Tân Trào, and celebrated that victory by getting drunk together.

Following the Việt Minh victory, Deer Team stayed for a few days "getting fat, getting a sun-tan, visiting the city and waiting for permission to go to Hanoi.

"[1]When Hồ Chí Minh discovered a French agent sent with the Deer Team who was apparently part of it: "This man is not an American.

Left to right (standing): Phần Đinh Hủy (Hồng Việt), René Defourneaux, Hồ Chí Minh , Allison K. Thomas, Võ Nguyên Giáp , Henry Prunier, Đàm Quang Trung, Nguyễn Quý, and Paul Hoagland. Front row (kneeling): Lawrence Vogt, Aaron Squires, Thái Bạch (Thái Bá Chi) .