The last US servicemen left the place during the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975. Although President Ford considered the Mayaquez incident in May 1975 to be the end of it. The Mayaquez was a civilian ship taken by (Communist?) Cambodian pirates on the high seas (who may have been sailing ex-US Navy Swift Boats, one of which was reportedly sunk by US jets during the battle).
A 17 year old US Marine, US Airman, or US Sailor helping to evacuate US personnel from Saigon during it's fall in 1975...might be around 52 years old today.
South Vietnam was overrun in 1975, ending the Vietnam War. The forces of North Vietnam captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) on April 30, 1975 and the republic was officially unified on July 2, 1976.
You may be thinking of the year 1975 where many evacuations took place in the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon prior to the arrival of enemy forces from North Vietnam who overran the capital April 30, 1975 . This evacuation from a rooftop became one of the iconic photographs of that war . ~ see related link below for additional information .
President Gerald Ford pulled the last American Fighting Men out of Vietnam in 1975.
See: Eisenhower
April 30th 1975 ; Saigon fell to the communists .
A 17 year old US Marine, US Airman, or US Sailor helping to evacuate US personnel from Saigon during it's fall in 1975...might be around 52 years old today.
Americans were drafted into the Vietnam War in 1965.
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South Vietnam was overrun in 1975, ending the Vietnam War. The forces of North Vietnam captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) on April 30, 1975 and the republic was officially unified on July 2, 1976.
North and South Vietnam officially reunited on April 30, 1975, following the fall of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, to North Vietnamese forces. This event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.
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You may be thinking of the year 1975 where many evacuations took place in the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon prior to the arrival of enemy forces from North Vietnam who overran the capital April 30, 1975 . This evacuation from a rooftop became one of the iconic photographs of that war . ~ see related link below for additional information .
President Gerald Ford pulled the last American Fighting Men out of Vietnam in 1975.
See: Eisenhower
The Vietnam War officially ended on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. This event marked the reunification of Vietnam under communist control. The war had significant political, social, and economic impacts on both Vietnam and the United States.
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