Last U.S. Ground Forces Withdraw From Vietnam – 39 years ago yesterday

With the deactivation of the 3rd Battalion of the 21st U.S. Infantry, the last American ‘ground’ combat units were pulled out of South Vietnam. The 1,043 man unit had been assigned to the U.S. airbase at Da Nang. However, sea operations continued and more than 40,000 U.S. servicemen remained in Vietnam.

Turn you sound on, and check out http://www.ussmullinnix.org/1972Vietnam.html to see if the war wa really over.

Also, this link will take you to about 10 pages worth of pictures from the coast of Vietnam, circa 1972: http://www.ussmullinnix.org/1972Pictures.html.

And of course, the crew of Mullinnix --- my shipmates: http://www.ussmullinnix.org/ShipCrew72.html

Drink one of us,
Woody