Good Morning...America completes departure from Vietnam

[Okla-homey]

Mar 29, 1973: Last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam

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Thirty-seven years ago today, under the provisions of the Paris Peace Accords signed on January 27, 1973, the last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam, ending nearly 10 years of U.S. military presence in that country.

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The U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) headquarters was disestablished. Only a Defense Attache Office and a few Marine guards at the Saigon American Embassy remained, although roughly 8,500 U.S. civilians stayed on as technical advisers to the South Vietnamese.

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Also on this day, as part of the Accords, Hanoi released the last 67 of its acknowledged American prisoners of war, bringing the total number released to 591.

[olevetonahill]

Glad you said Acknowledged . I still believe they held some past that time.

[C&CDean]

Although the last American troop casualties of the war were two Marines killed in April, 1975. I guess that's why they consider anyone who was in the military up until April, 1975 as "Vietnam Era Vets."

[soonerscuba]

Although the last American troop casualties of the war were two Marines killed in April, 1975. I guess that's why they consider anyone who was in the military up until April, 1975 as "Vietnam Era Vets."I am woefully ignorant of Vietnam, what was the circumstance behind the two Marines in '75?

[olevetonahill]

I am woefully ignorant of Vietnam, what was the circumstance behind the two Marines in '75?

They were Embassy guards

[olevetonahill]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMahon_and_Judge

[Jello Biafra]

its hard to believe for me...there has actually been more time between my deployment and now than there was between my enlistment and vietnam...enlisted october 87 went to the sand 90...

my days in the sand seem like yesterday and when i went in, nam seemed like ANCIENT history.

[olevetonahill]

its hard to believe for me...there has actually been more time between my deployment and now than there was between my enlistment and vietnam...enlisted october 87 went to the sand 90...

my days in the sand seem like yesterday and when i went in, nam seemed like ANCIENT history.

I know the feeling bro,

[C&CDean]

Yeah, especially when you see these kids in all the body armour, personal intercoms, fancy weapons, etc.

Back in the day it was a steel pot, OD green fatigues, WWII TA-50 webgear, One RTO humping a PRC-77 radio that didn't work for ****, etc., and if you were lucky you might get beanie weanies and marlboros in your C-Rats. Jumping with a T-10 parachute out of C-123s - oh yeah baby, doesn't get better than that...

[Jello Biafra]

Yeah, especially when you see these kids in all the body armour, personal intercoms, fancy weapons, etc.

Back in the day it was a steel pot, OD green fatigues, WWII TA-50 webgear, One RTO humping a PRC-77 radio that didn't work for ****, etc., and if you were lucky you might get beanie weanies and marlboros in your C-Rats. Jumping with a T-10 parachute out of C-123s - oh yeah baby, doesn't get better than that...


lol this ^^^^^^^^^^^ is why i went armor...