last days of the Vietnam war

Bilge_Rat · 04-30-15, 11:25 AM

Hard to believe it has been 40 years, I am old enough to remember when it happened.

Politico has an excellent series of photos from inside the Ford administration, none of which I had ever seen, definitely worth checking out:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/gal...7.html?hp=t4_r

some samples:

1. receiving bad news:

2. briefing by the CIA:

3. after making the decision to evacuate:

. 4 Kissinger announces the evacuation is done ( notice Cheney and Greenspan in the back, Rumsfeld in the foreground )

4. turns out 11 marines had been left behind. Ford gets an update:

5. celebrating after the evacuation is complete:

04-30-15, 11:25 AM	#1
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	last days of the Vietnam war Hard to believe it has been 40 years, I am old enough to remember when it happened. Politico has an excellent series of photos from inside the Ford administration, none of which I had ever seen, definitely worth checking out: http://www.politico.com/magazine/gal...7.html?hp=t4_r some samples: 1. receiving bad news: 2. briefing by the CIA: 3. after making the decision to evacuate: . 4 Kissinger announces the evacuation is done ( notice Cheney and Greenspan in the back, Rumsfeld in the foreground ) 4. turns out 11 marines had been left behind. Ford gets an update: 5. celebrating after the evacuation is complete: __________________ Last edited by Bilge_Rat; 04-30-15 at 11:31 AM.