Let me put it another way.

What little bit I was involved, and again, this is in April of 1975 while assisting to evacuate those American and Vietnamese individuals who were attempting to flee the capital, by the evacuation of embassy personnel, Marine guards, Vietnamese nationals working for the American government, and anyone else you want to throw in there who was there at the time, from this viewpoint, we were disengaging and leaving the country.

Sure, the United States might have one a set piece battle here and there, but in the end, you might as well say that Hitler won the Western campaign over France, but in the end, it's all the same, but lost the game.

Call it what you will. A win, a loss, a tie, it really doesn't matter to me. I served, I did my job, I moved on and am a well adjusted tax paying, flag flying American citizen. But, in my book, we lost Vietnam. That doesn't mean your uncle, myself, the average guy on the street didn't do his job. It was an unpopular war during a difficult time. Time to move on.

Respectfully,

Bill