Mar 29 2010
Subversive Historian – 03/29/10
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U.S. Combat Troops Leave South Vietnam
Back in the day on March 29th, 1973, the last remaining U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam. The withdrawal followed a Paris peace accord that was struck two months prior between the United States, North and South Vietnam and the Vietcong. It was also two years to the date after Lieutenant William …
U.S. Combat Troops Leave South Vietnam
Back in the day on March 29th, 1973, the last remaining U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam. The withdrawal followed a Paris peace accord that was struck two months prior between the United States, North and South Vietnam and the Vietcong. It was also two years to the date after Lieutenant William …
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