US troops pulled from Vietnam

Historical Context Note

Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Military

Dates

Date of occurrence 1973-03-17-1973-03-19

Places

United States (Location)
Vietnam (Location)

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In 1973, the United States withdrew its troops from Vietnam. This withdrawal was precipitated in large part by the Paris Peace talks; the My Lai Massacre and the Tet Offensive in 1968; the growth in desertion; and increased rate of drug abuse and ‘fraggings' (deliberate attacks on officers with fragmentation weapons).The withdrawal was also a part of gradual scaling-back of U.S. personnel in the Vietnamese theatre of war. In 1969, President Nixon had announced that 25,000 American soldiers would return to U.S. soil and South Vietnamese forces would assume responsibility for their own safety, security and sovereignty. This was dubbed ‘Vietnamization'. By March, 1970,, Nixon announced the gradual withdrawal of 150,000 American personnel. This policy culminated in America's total exit…

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "US troops pulled from Vietnam". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=3571, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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