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LETTER: Afghanistan pullout rekindles memories of Saigon

As we withdraw from Afghanistan, history will repeat itself. Being a combat Marine veteran of Vietnam, I remember April 30, 1975. That was the day North Vietnamese tanks overran the South Vietnamese capital city of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). Much sadness overcame me as I thought about the waste of lives of friends who died there.

Now as the United States “bugs out” of Afghanistan, it will be only a matter of time before the Taliban roll into Kabul and declares a new regime. America’s new “longest war” will be over, and more veterans will now ponder a new waste of American of lives.

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