On March 29, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that all US combat troops had left Vietnam. Host Marco Werman marks the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal with a reminder of the issues that drove US involvement in the region, and the divisions that the Vietnam War wrought across American society.
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