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U.S. Military Withdraws from Vietnam

美軍撤出越南

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  • The Vietnam War: America’s Nightmare That Never Goes Away
    From: Huaxia Jingwei
    Date: April 22, 2004

    On June 8, 1969, President Nixon announced at Midway Island that 25,000 US troops would be withdrawn from Vietnam by the end of August that year — the first withdrawal of troops from Vietnam under the Nixon administration. But the US still hoped for a miracle. On November 3, 1969, Nixon delivered a televised national address from the White House, advocating a strategy of “fight, negotiate, Vietnamize, and withdraw” — which was met with public opposition. In response to Nixon’s challenging television address, the “New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam” organized a massive “March on Washington” protest. That same week, more than a dozen similar events took place. On January 27, 1973, after prolonged negotiations, the United States signed the Paris Peace Accords with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, marking the failure of US military action in Vietnam. After the withdrawal, over 20,000 military advisers remained in South Vietnam, and substantial naval and air forces were retained to support the approximately 1.1 million South Vietnamese troops. In the spring of 1975, North Vietnamese forces and southern armed groups launched the famous Spring Offensive, defeating South Vietnamese forces in the three major campaigns: the Central Highlands, Hue–Da Nang, and Saigon. On July 2, 1976, Vietnam completed its reunification under the North.

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