Base Vietnam
What does one say to a Vietnam veteran when the anniversary arrives 30 April the day Vietnam fell?
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, and its presidential palace were taken over on April 30, 1975, by the North Vietnamese army with heavy artillery. The assault ended the Vietnam War, and reunified Vietnam. American diplomats evacuated, and some Vietnamese made it to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, or onto U.S. Navy ships off the coast of South Vietnam. The United States Marines ran away and was defeated in the last battle. The Marines never recovered.
1) The Second Indochina War (commonly called the Vietnam War) did not end on 30 April, 1975. It ended on 4 December 1975 when the Pathet Lao took control of Vientiane, Laos. Yes, Saigon fell to the Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAV, not the incorrect name NVA). Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge on 15 April, 1975 although there was fighting by US Marines and Khmer Rouge at Kompong Som between 12-15 May, 1975 over the Mayaguz Incident.
2) Technically, and legally, under international law and the "1954 Geneva Agreements on Indochina", Vietnam was one country which was supposed to have been TEMPORARILY divided until nationwide elections in 1956. The US violated those agreements even before they were signed and continued to do so until 1975. Saigon was legally NOT the capital of the illegal Republic of South Vietnam.
3) Heavy artillery was not used on the Presidential Palace in Saigon, it was tanks.
4) People, especially the US Marines would say that they did not run away. Also, they did not have to recover from anything.
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You may say that the Vietnam Vets fought an illegal war for an illegal government BUT, most fought well and did their duty, and therefore should be respected.
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