Operation Homecoming begins returning U.S. prisoners of war

The Nixon administration halted the intensive bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong after eleven days. Civilian deaths and destruction drew international criticism. Negotiations resumed, but the bombing’s...

Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ initialed the text later signed as the Paris Peace Accords. The private negotiations had produced a settlement among Vietnamese parties and the United States, but the...

The United States, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Government signed the agreement. It provided for a ceasefire and U.S. troop withdrawal, but did not...

Representatives of the United States, the Republic of Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government signed the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring...

The ceasefire provisions of the Paris agreement took effect. Fighting continued, and the agreement’s monitoring and enforcement mechanisms could not establish a durable political settlement....

Operation Homecoming began with the release of U.S. prisoners from North Vietnam. The National Archives records 591 American prisoners released under the agreement, while Vietnamese detainees and...

The Lao parties signed an agreement restoring peace and achieving national concord, setting a ceasefire and a path toward a coalition government. The settlement formed part of the wider regional...

Operation End Sweep began clearing mines laid by U.S. forces during the war, following the Paris Peace Accords. Helicopter crews worked in Haiphong’s shipping approaches and other ports. The operation...

The final U.S. combat troops departed under the Paris agreement. U.S. military aid and political involvement continued, and Vietnamese forces continued fighting. The withdrawal therefore ended...

The final U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam under the Paris agreement. The withdrawal ended direct U.S. ground combat deployment but did not end the conflict between Vietnamese forces or the...