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Vietnam, 50 Years Later After Americans Left in Disgrace, Is Now A US Ally
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Vietnam, 50 Years Later After Americans Left in Disgrace, Is Now A US Ally

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Jim Buie
May 01, 2025
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Vietnam, 50 Years Later After Americans Left in Disgrace, Is Now A US Ally
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In 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam fell to the communists and was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Shockingly, the reunified country has for nearly two decades been a solid U.S. ally, in no small part because of the American veterans who developed friendly ties after the war.

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