Posted on Jul 7, 2016

First U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam - Jul 07, 1969 - HISTORY.com

SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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A battalion of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division leaves Saigon in the initial withdrawal of U.S. troops. The 814 soldiers were the first of 25,000 troops that were withdrawn in the first stage of the U.S. disengagement from the war. There would be 14 more increments in the withdrawal, but the last U.S. troops did not leave until after the Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973.

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LTC Stephen F.

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Thanks for reminding us SP5 Mark Kuzinski of a day which must have been thrilling to the men of battalion selected to be first for disengage in Vietnam in 1969. Once their families found out, I expect there was some dancing in the streets on the base at Fort Lewis, Washington as the 1st Brigade, 9th was the first major combat unit selected to be withdrawn.

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