Gabrielle Hill. A Viet Minh war Veteran Nguyen Cong Hien 74 years old from native village at Thai Binh province holding a B/W file picture taken by Viet Minh army shows French dead bodies on the Gabrielle Hill he said I remember the battle we had lot of casualties and.it was very hard the capture of Doc Lap Hill. Vietnam-Dien Bien Ph.....the monument for Vietnamese fallen soldier. On 15/Mar/1954 Viet Minh army start the attack at 2:00 AM and ended at 6:30 AM under heavy rain. Over 2,000 Viet Minh were killed in these assaults. Vietnam-Dien Bien Phu.