It was president Richard Nixon who finally pulled all U.S troops from Vietnam.
The North Vietnamese won!
President Eisenhower sent US troops to Vietnam in 1955, President Ford pulled out the last US troops in 1975.
In keeping with his pre-election promise, President Nixon began the first phase of troop withdrawals in 1969.
Saigon fell to the people's Army of Vietnam on April 30, 1975 and the US troops came home. A provisional government was established by the Viet Cong, a mass exodus of refugees began, and Vietnam was reunified into a communist state.
Mexican troops; Platoon 201
communism took over Vietnam
It was president Richard Nixon who finally pulled all U.S troops from Vietnam.
The North Vietnamese won!
President Eisenhower sent US troops to Vietnam in 1955, President Ford pulled out the last US troops in 1975.
The us slowly pulled the troops out and handed the fighting over to the south vietnamese army
In keeping with his pre-election promise, President Nixon began the first phase of troop withdrawals in 1969.
US Combat Forces pulled out of Vietnam in March 1973 under the Nixon administration, all US Personnel were pulled out in April 1975 under President Ford's administration, when South Vietnam fell to North Vietnam's Army.
After the U.S pulled their troops out, the North Vetnamese troops poured into Saigon, with little resistance. The South Vietnamese were defeated, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
Saigon fell to the people's Army of Vietnam on April 30, 1975 and the US troops came home. A provisional government was established by the Viet Cong, a mass exodus of refugees began, and Vietnam was reunified into a communist state.
Some troops were withdrawn under Nixon, but the final evacuation was ordered during Ford's presidency (April, 1975).
They didn't win, North Vietnam won after the U.S pulled most of our ground troops out. The U.S. launched a few bombing campaigns (Linebacker I and Linebacker II), but eventually South Vietnam lost too much ground to the North and South Vietnam lost the war. Saigon (capital of South Vietnam) fell to communist forces on April 30, 1975. Most U.S. forces had pulled-out of South Vietnam by early 1973. When the north invaded, the south's officers fled, leaving their troops without leaders.