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US troops levels peak at 543,400. There have been 33,641 Americans killed by now, a total greater than the Korean War.
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Operation Jefferson Glenn, the last US offensive in Vietnam begins in Thua Thien Province.
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The source of the Pentagon Papers leak, Daniel Ellsberg, surrenders to police.
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The US heavily bombs military installations in North Vietnam citing violations of the agreements surrounding the bombing of 1968
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Saigon is encircled. 30,000 South Vietnamese soldiers are inside the city but are leaderless. NVA fire rockets into downtown civilian areas as the city erupts into chaos and widespread looting
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