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Last Website Post

I began this website in 2011 to share research information I obtained for my first historical fiction novel about WWII in the Pacific. 1748 posts later, after further research for my books about the Battle of the Atlantic with U-boats in 1942 and the tragic Korean War battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950, I am ready to close the website down.

I wish to acknowledge valuable assistance in development and production of this website by Lisette Austin, Will Austin, Steven Canoodt, Steve Evans, Daisha Kissel and Holly Smith.

Thanks for reading this blog. If interested, my books are on Amazon.

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American Dead in US Wars

U.S. War Deaths

RankWarYearsDeaths1World War II1941–1945291,5572American Civil War1861–1865204,1003World War I1917–191853,4024Vietnam War1955–197547,4345Korean War1950–195333,6866American Revolutionary War1775–17836,8007Iraq War2003–20114,4248War of 18121812–18152,2609War in Afghanistan2001–20211,83310Mexican–American War1846–18481,73311Gulf War1990–1991288

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Vietnam War Dead

National Park Service Vietnam Memorial

By the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975 , ~58,220 Americans and ~250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers had died.

More than 2 million civilians were killed on both sides of the war.

Vietnam later estimated that 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed.

Source: Wikipedia

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Fall of Saigon

On April 30, 1975 North Vietnamese forces captured the South Vietnamese capitol Saigon as part of its spring offensive. The fall of Saigon led to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the evacuation of thousands of civilians and U.S. personnel.

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Khmer Rouge Capture Phnom Penh

In April 1975 Communist Khmer Rouge guerrilla forces captured Phnom Penh ending the Cambodian Civil War. After mass evacuation of American troops and Cambodian civilians, the Khmer Rouge forced a mass evacuation of the city and began committing genocide.

Source: Wikipedia

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Bill Gates and Paul Allen Found Microsoft

In April 1975 Microsoft Corporation, was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Source: Wikipedia

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Operation Babylift Crash

In April 1975, with the fall of the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang and Saigon coming under siege, the USAF began to airlift orphans out of Saigon. The first Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashed killing 138 on board. 175 people survived and 138 people were killed in a crash, including 78 children and 35 Defense Attaché personnel.

Source: Wikipedia

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Central Highlands Abandoned

In March 1975 South Vietnam President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu orders the Central Highlands evacuated. A mass exodus of troops and civilians known as The Convoy Of Tears ensues. By May 1975, North Vietnamese forces controlled all of South Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

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Battle of Ban Me Thuot

In March 1975 the Battle of Ban Me Thuot was a decisive victory for North Vietnamese forces leading to the complete destruction of South Vietnam’s II Corps Tactical Zone.

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Elton John

In 1974 Elton John had five top ten hits including the #1 single “Bennie and the Jets” and the #1 album entitled Greatest Hits with Rocket Man, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and Daniel. His 1974 album Caribou included the hit single “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”.

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