The North Vietnamese Army was approaching (at a good speed!).
The last American left Vietnam from the city of Saigon. The fall of Saigon was considered to be the end of the Vietnam War.
The United States had troops in Vietnam beginning in 1961. The last American solider left Saigon on April 30, 1975.
Some were stationed in Saigon, the remaining men were aboard US naval vessels offshore.
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Total pull out.
The U.S. military left Vietnam in April, 1973, and Saigon fell to North Vietnam in April, 1975. Only the embassy staff and Marine guard detachment and other miscellaneous American officials were in Saigon at the time.
The last combat troops of the United States were pulled out of South Vietnam on 29 March 1973. 8,500 American civilians, embassy guards, and defense office soldiers remained in Saigon. The largest helicopter evacuation in history occured on 29 April 1975 when 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese were evacuated from the US Embassy in Saigon. Saigon fell the following day to the North Vietnamese troops.
No, Lyndon B. Johnson was not the President of the United States when Saigon fell. The fall of Saigon occurred on April 30, 1975, during the presidency of Gerald Ford. Johnson served as the President from 1963 to 1969.
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