This Day in History: Last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam in 1973

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – On March 29, 1973, two months after signing a peace deal, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, officially ending America’s direct role in the Vietnam War.

Many American prisoners of war were released, but thousands of U.S. civilian workers stayed behind to support South Vietnam…

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