Sep 08 2008
In what year did the Vietnam War end?
When I first learned about the Vietnam War, I was always surprised with how long it lasted and the fact that it had only ended a year and a half before my birth. For some reason, I always believed it was a war that didn’t go on during the time of any of my siblings but sadly that wasn’t the case.
Now, even though I have shared this little insight into my childhood, I should mention the real reason why you are reading this blog post. The Vietnam War ended in 1975 and to be more exact, the last American Soldiers were removed from Saigon at 8:35am on April 30, 1975. The war had ended and the American force was no longer present in the country.
Throughout the war, which spanned from 1959 to 1975, over 58,000 people were killed and over 300,000 were injured in the American Forces alone. The total for Cambodia and the Lao is between 1.5 to 2 million casualties and the Vietnamese saw between 4 to 5 million casualties.
For more information on the Vietnam war, I would strongly recommend these two sites; VietnamWar.com and The Vietnam War.
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