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History Bookshelf: Bob Drury

Fall of Saigon

Fall of Saigon

Madison, Connecticut
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Bob Drury recounts the final twenty-four hours of the American withdrawal from Vietnam on April 29, 1975.  In his book, "Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam," the author profiles eleven Marine Corps Security Guards who oversaw the final evacuees and were the last to depart from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon.

Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 6:45pm (ET)

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