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N. Vietnamese
North Vietnamese politburo orders offensive to ‘Liberate’ South Vietnam by NVA cross-boarder invasion. -
President Nguyen Van Thieu
President Nguyen Van Thieu orders the withdrawal of ARVN forces from II Corps, central highlands. -
Operation Eagle Pull
U.S. Navy conducts Operation Eagle Pull to evacuate U.S. Embassy staff from Phnom Penh. -
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge -
NVA Attack
NVA begins attack on Saigon. Marines Corporal Charles McMahon, Jr. and Lance Corporal Darwin Lee Judge are the last U.S. military personnel killed in Vietnam, struck by shrapnel from an NVA rocket -
Operation Frequent Wind
U.S. Navy conducts Operation Frequent Wind to evacuate all U.S. personnel and selected South Vietnamese from the rooftop of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. The final Marines who had been sent in to help with evacuation of the Embassy are the very last to leave South Vietnam as the NVA enter Saigon. -
The Ending is Near
North Vietnamese troops enter Saigon and smash the gates of the Presidential Palace with a tank and accept the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam.
The Vietnam War has ended after almost 20 years of continuous fighting.
