Existing comment:
1973
* Paris Peace Accords are signed and a general cease-fire goes into effect[fig.]
* The United States begins withdrawing troops from Vietnam; by June, fewer than 250 remain
* 591 American prisoners of war are released from North Vietnam[fig.]
* Congress votes to end all U.S. military action in Southeast Asia. President Nixon vetoes the bill but agrees to stop bombing in Cambodia
* As U.S. troop levels fall, Western media coverage of the war dropsdramatically |