Last Days in Vietnam

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Contains: Language    Violence    Adult Content    

Jill's Review

Opens October 31, 2014

Runs 98 Minutes

After the Paris Peace Accord is signed in 1973 and North and South Vietnam have agreed to a truce, the United States pulls its combat troops out of Vietnam. The United States still maintains a diplomatic presence and a handful of troops in country. North Vietnam holds up their end of the bargain as long as Nixon remains in the White House. They are afraid of him. Once he resigns, they become emboldened and begin to overtake South Vietnam again. As the Northern troops move further and further south, the south Vietnamese people are forced to flee their homes and head south trying to stay in front of the Northern Troops. As the Americans make the decision to pull everyone out of Vietnam, the remaining soldiers and diplomats are faced with the difficult decision of whether to follow the White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens or follow their hearts and help as many of the South Vietnamese people escape as possible. They know that those left behind with any ties to the Americans will be captured and maybe killed by the North Vietnamese troops.

This is a great movie. It refreshed my knowledge of the Vietnam War and also provided a glimpse of some of the heroic efforts made by our U.S. soldiers and diplomats to help evacuate as many South Vietnamese people as possible. They were ordered to only take U.S. citizens but they all felt a moral obligation to the South Vietnamese people who had fought beside them and provided information throughout the war. The Americans were faced with some tough decisions as the Northern Troops closed in and there were no more available helicopters. Through archival footage and current day interviews with the major players and some of those actually left behind, this movie is a moving portrayal of an impossible mission during the last days in Vietnam. Go see it!!

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