Posted on Sep 16, 2018
Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 35,000 troops from Vietnam
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Sept. 16, 1969 Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 35,000 troops from Vietnam
President Richard Nixon announces the second round of U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. This was part of the dual program that he had announced at the Midway conference on June 8 that called for “Vietnamization” of the war and U.S. troop withdrawals, as the South Vietnamese forces assumed more responsibility for the fighting. The first round of withdrawals was completed in August and totaled 25,000 troops (including two brigades of the 9th Infantry Division). There would be 15 announced withdrawals in total, leaving only 27,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by November 1972.
President Richard Nixon announces the second round of U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. This was part of the dual program that he had announced at the Midway conference on June 8 that called for “Vietnamization” of the war and U.S. troop withdrawals, as the South Vietnamese forces assumed more responsibility for the fighting. The first round of withdrawals was completed in August and totaled 25,000 troops (including two brigades of the 9th Infantry Division). There would be 15 announced withdrawals in total, leaving only 27,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by November 1972.
Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 35,000 troops from Vietnam
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Not enough in hind sight. Morning Mark and thanks for the history.
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PO3 Brad Smith Lt Col Scott ShuttleworthSGT Gregory Lawritson SGT Jim Arnold SSgt Brian BrakkeCMSgt (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews SCPO Morris Ramsey PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. LTC Greg Henning PO2 Rick Fox SGT John " Mac " McConnell Lt Col Charlie Brown Sgt Albert Castro
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In 1969 I was thinking that there was a good chance I could get a million dollars of flight training without having to go to Nam. My "timing" was off by a couple years, but the "drawdown" DID prevent me from completing a second tour. Instead, I spent the next several years "sweating out" the huge reductions-in-force (RIFs - post Vietnam) that happened. Just as my time to return to Nam was coming up in 1973, we "abandoned" RVN to their fate, and I was sent to Safety School (USC - Los Angeles) enroute to Korea instead. It was while I was in Korea ('74-75) that RVN fell to the Communists. Nixon had resigned, and Ford (and the American people) had "no stomach" for rescuing our ally.
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