March 29 in American History
The final American combat soldiers withdrew from Vietnam, ending direct U.S. military involvement in the country's longest war to that point. More than 58,000 Americans had died. March 29 is now National Vietnam War Veterans Day — a belated effort to give those veterans the honest welcome home too many never received.
In 1973: the last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam. The final American combat soldiers withdrew from Vietnam, ending direct U.S.
The final American combat soldiers withdrew from Vietnam, ending direct U.S. military involvement in the country's longest war to that point. More than 58,000 Americans had died. March 29 is now National Vietnam War Veterans Day — a belated effort to give those veterans the honest welcome home too many never received.
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