[chuckles]

I was a little older and remember pretty well. The Dems started it, Nixon tried to win it, The Dems wanted to lose it rather than allow Nixon to win it, Ford took over and told the Vietnamese, “We ain't comin”. So if you get right down to it Ford left the Vietnamese out in the cold, but he already knew that to send Saigon help in ‘73, he would be skint alive. It was over, politically anyway back under Nixon. Nixon made a valiant stab at it, but got Kent State for his trouble.

[Texas Eagle]

It was over, politically anyway back under Nixon. Nixon made a valiant stab at it, but got Kent State for his trouble.

I know the media was in the tank for the Viet Cong but I remember my dad was in Vietnam when the whole Kent State thing went down so I'm pretty sure that was before Nixon got re-elected in a landslide.

Perhaps I'm being a little hard on Nixon. My dad never talked much about his Vietnam or Korea or WWII days but I do remember him being highly upset at Nixon for cutting and running.

Thankfully my dad's still alive. Maybe I can get him to talk more about it.

[oldm60grunt]

I believe it was legislation known as the Church amendment in 1973 which effectively tied President Ford’s hands and stopped his ability to send any military aid to South Vietnam as they were being overrun by the North. I believe I remember president Ford saying “our long national nightmare is over”.
I alternated between visceral anger and great sadness when this happened.
It was indeed a low point in our history.