March 30, 2025
We remember those who served in Vietnam
By Silvio Canto, Jr.
At a church Friday fish fry, I had the chance to chat with a couple of fellow parishioners. One was a Vietnam veteran and the other the grandson of a Vietnamese military man who managed to escape after 1975. It took me back to a time when Vietnam was all we talked about.
It’s hard to believe, but U.S. troops left Vietnam in 1973, or 52 years ago this week. It ended a war that began when President Kennedy sent some advisers, was later escalated under President Johnson to 500,000 troops, and finally was ended by President Nixon.
As you may know, the parties signed a ceasefire in January 1973. It followed the famous Christmas bombing, when President Nixon forced the communists to sign the agreement. We called it “Operation Linebacker,” and it was effective. The bombing missions were so good that the communists were shortly begging for a paper to sign.
Twenty-seven months later, or May 1, 1975, the North walked into Saigon, and we’ve known it as Ho Chi Minh City ever since.
Did it have to turn out that way?
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