Ché Mai

Ché Mai is a young South Vietnamese man and Viet Cong fighter. He later became something of a war hero to the Viet Cong and Communist Vietnam in general after his actions in Hue City.

Early life
Mai grew up in his home village in the sountryside of South Vietnam, though he effectively grew up in the jungle, since he had always enjoyed it in there and spent as much time as he could in among the undergrowth beneath the vast tropical canopy.

He was always more adventurous than the other villagers, who were content with staying in and around the village rather than constantly charging off into the bush in pusuit of adventure.

All this changed when he aged sixteen. As part of his ongoing quest to purge South Vietnam of Communist influence, Lieutenant General Robertson napalmed, along with many others, the village Mai lived in. Leaving him as the sole survivor. Devastated by the loss of all his friends and family, he swore to kill Robertson and his followers.

As a member of Viet Cong
In search of vengeance, Mai joined a force of Vietcong he had a chance meeting with while infiltrating a small U.S. Army campsite. Upon annhialating the unsuspecting enemy, Mai quickly befriended Nguyễn Văn Chiễn, a senior member of his force and leader of the said operation.

After participating in an operation on the Huong River which crippled an American supply fleet, they attracted Robertson's unwanted attention, who avenged his supply fleet by attempting to kill off the Viet Cong in their tunnels. He failed, to his folly later on in Hue City, where Mai chased him down and gave him a very painful death, exacting vengeance for his fallen kinsmen at last.

Following the Battle of Hue City, Mai quickly became a senior and respected member of the Viet Cong despite his young age. Indeed, by the time the Vietnam War came to an end in 1975, He was the regular commander of a sizeable team of Viet Cong, who he led in the final battle for Saigon.