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Nixon announces another round of troop withdrawals - Oct 12, 1970 - HISTORY.com
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Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas. He had first announced his intention to withdraw U.S. troops from South Vietnam in June at the Midway Conference with President Nguyen Van Thieu. The first U.S. troops, from the 9th Infantry Division, had left Saigon in August. The troop withdrawals continued as the “Vietnamization” program turned fighting responsibility over to the South Vietnamese. By January 1972, there were less than 75,000 U.S. troops remaining in South Vietnam.
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Nixon announces another round of troop withdrawals - Oct 12, 1970 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us SP5 Mark Kuzinski that on October 12, 1970 President Richard M. Nixon announced that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas. He had first announced his intention to withdraw U.S. troops from South Vietnam in June at the Midway Conference with President Nguyen Van Thieu.
This was great news to the families of the returning service members.
However, Vietnamization was based on a time schedule instead of a achieved capability prior to next step process. That horrible design led to the destruction of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
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This was great news to the families of the returning service members.
However, Vietnamization was based on a time schedule instead of a achieved capability prior to next step process. That horrible design led to the destruction of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish AN Christopher Crayne LTC Bill Koski SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. Hawes LTC Wayne Brandon SGT (Join to see) SGT Michael Thorin
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