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