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- Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:30 pm
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Re: 49 years ago: Saigon falls to NVA - the Vietnam war is o
Last service member out of Viet Nam, Sgt (at that time) Terry Bennington, USMC. Last Marine to board the last helicopter leaving the US Embassy in Saigon. I have a Time magazine from the 20th anniversary of that day with pictures, one of which is some very tired Marines exiting the helicopter onto the carrier deck. After forcibly moving the ambassador to a helicopter that then departed, the 11 remaining Marines on the roof barricaded the door against the mob below and waited for a ride, prepared to die there. They had their issued weapons and a bag of grenades. Only way out was helo. Terry Bennington retired years later as a Sergeant Major.