Today is Good Friday, March 29, the 88th day of 2013. There are 277 days left in the year.
On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. In an address to the nation, President Richard Nixon declared, “For the first time in 12 years, no American military forces are in Vietnam.”
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