 The team provided training, medical and logistical assistance to Hồ Chí Minh and the Việt Minh in 1945.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. Van".