#OTD 1972 North Vietnam has its first major victory of the Nguyen Hue (Easter) Offensive. The North Vietnamese Army capture Quang Tri City and by the next day, the rest of Quang Tri Province and are threatening Hue.

#OTD 1970 Protests erupt in Seattle after President Nixon's statement that US troops will pursue communist forces into #Cambodia . The Seattle Times

#OTD 1969 Republican Senator George Aiken, VT, on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urges President Nixon for an immediate “orderly withdrawal” of U.S. forces.

#OTD 1955 After Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm's victory over the Binh Xuyen criminal gang and religious sects, along with a rise in his political standing, Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles tells Gen. Lawton Collins the U.S. is backing Diem.

#OTD 1950 President Harry S. Truman approves $10 million in military aid to the French in Indochina. ($130m in today's money) Truman Library West Point COH Vietnam Magazine

Repeating - as my memories after 49 years are strong. #Saigon #Vietnam April 30th 1975 between 0800 and noon. #OTD #history

A recent recovery mission in Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Missions require U.S. + Vietnamese personnel to work alongside each other, allowing inter-cultural connections despite language barriers. There are ↓ dvidshub.net/image/8358724/…

Today is 49th anniversary of #BlackApril , one of the most terrible days in US history. One year from now I intend to organize a 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon to honor America's great South Vietnamese allies.
#SouthVietnam #VietnamWar #RVN

#OTD 1975 At 11.30am, North Vietnamese tanks smash through the Presidential Palace gates in Saigon. North Vietnamese Col. Bui Tin accepts the surrender of South Vietnam from Gen. Duong Van Minh. The Vietnam War has ended after almost 20 years of continuous fighting.

#OTD 1971 The 2nd Brigade 25th Infantry returns home along with the 1st #MarineDivision . @25ID @MarineMuseum Marine Corps Times @USMCArchives

#OTD 1970 President Nixon gives his Address to the Nation to explain his reasons for the ‘Cambodian Incursion’, which began yesterday. He states that the NVA use Cambodia as a sanctuary & staging area for attacks on South Vietnam / US forces & that is why they need to be cleared.

#OTD 1969 U.S. troop levels in South #Vietnam peak at 543,400. Stars and Stripes New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial & Museum West Point COH Sandhurst Dr Sam Willis Saul David Dr. Frank Blazich, Jr., FRHistS, KGOD, KJ, KRC @NatlArmyMuseum

#OTD 1955 Some 200 people, constituting themselves as the ‘General Assembly of the democratic & revolutionary forces of the nation’, meet in Saigon Town Hall & demand:

#OTD 1975 The U.S. Navy starts Operation Frequent Wind to evacuate all US personnel & selected Vietnamese from Saigon Embassy grounds/roof. The final #Marines who had been sent to help with evacuation of the Embassy are the very last to leave South Vietnam as the NVA enter Saigon.

#OTD 1975 Cpl Charles McMahon Jr. (11 days short of 22yrs) & LCpl Darwin Judge (19yrs) U.S. Marines, are the last US troops killed in #Vietnam . They were providing security for the DAO Compound, adjacent to Tân Sơn Nhứt Airport, when NVA rockets struck. Pop A Smoke 🇺🇸 Marine Corps Times

#OTD 1975 The NVA finishes capturing all of South #Vietnamese held Truong Sa Islands.

#OTD 1971 US casualty figures for 18-24th April are released. The 45 killed during that time bring the U.S. losses for #Vietnam War to 45,019 since 1961.

#OTD 1971 The 1st Cavalry Division (less 3rd Brigade) leaves #Vietnam . 1st Cavalry Division

#OTD 1970 Cambodian ‘incursion’ begins to clear NVA bases. It’s also an attempt to capture communist's COSVN ‘Central Office for South Vietnam’. NVA withdraw before US/ARVN troops can engage. Captured NVA reveal that they knew a couple of days earlier from their spies in Saigon.

#OTD 1956 The Training Relations and Instruction Mission's (TRIM) personnel are re-assigned to MAAG's Combat Arms Training & Organization Division. Vietnam Magazine Saul David