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Fifty-two years before Trump and the others signed the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement, the four warring parties in Vietnam — the US, North and South Vietnam, and the Viet Cong — signed the Paris Peace Accords.
Each agreement, in their time, was hailed across the globe.
In the US, the 1973 agreement meant America’s military’s offensive campaign in Vietnam was over.
Americans held captive in North Vietnam — men like John McCain — would come home.
The draft ended.
Remaining US combat troops were withdrawn, with only military advisors and Marine guards for US installations remaining.
And the negotiators of the 1973 agreement, Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho, would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
By Brenda ElthonFifty-two years before Trump and the others signed the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement, the four warring parties in Vietnam — the US, North and South Vietnam, and the Viet Cong — signed the Paris Peace Accords.
Each agreement, in their time, was hailed across the globe.
In the US, the 1973 agreement meant America’s military’s offensive campaign in Vietnam was over.
Americans held captive in North Vietnam — men like John McCain — would come home.
The draft ended.
Remaining US combat troops were withdrawn, with only military advisors and Marine guards for US installations remaining.
And the negotiators of the 1973 agreement, Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho, would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.