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US news
fromThe Washington Post
1 week ago

The last Marine to leave Vietnam has died. Juan Valdez was 88.

Master Sergeant Juan Valdez, the last Marine to evacuate Saigon on April 30, 1975, died at age 88, remembered for ensuring his fellow Marines boarded the final helicopter before being pulled aboard himself.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

Still an open wound': damning docuseries revisits Vietnam war 50 years on

The fall of Saigon symbolizes the end of the Vietnam War and has lasting impacts on American society.
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