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Memorial Day Reminds That No Greek Tragedian Could Have Devised the Complexities of Vietnam

Yet let no one say that the cause was an ignoble one or that the 57,000 Americans who died in Vietnam do not now deserve the homage of their countrymen.

A helicopter lifts off from the American embassy at Saigon, Vietnam, during the evacuation of authorized personnel and civilians on April 29, 1975.
A helicopter lifts off from the American embassy at Saigon, Vietnam, during the evacuation of authorized personnel and civilians on April 29, 1975. AP

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