This Day in History: <br />US Withdraws From Vietnam March 29, 1973 After eight years of an extremely <br />unpopular war with North Vietnam, <br />the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam. Peace talks between the U.S. and <br />communist North Vietnam had <br />begun in 1968, culminating with a <br />peace agreement signed in January of 1973. Provision of the agreement included <br />a ceasefire throughout Vietnam, <br />the withdrawal of American troops <br />and the release of POWs. 7,000 U.S. Defense Department civilians <br />remained in Saigon to assist the South <br />in their continued efforts against the North. The remaining U.S. civilians <br />would be airlifted out of Saigon <br />a year later when the city fell to the North. 58,000 American and an <br />estimated 2 million Vietnamese <br />lives were lost in the war.
