Gen. Phu gave up on trying to retake Buôn Ma Thuột and ordered his forces to retreat to the coast.
President Nguyen Van Thieu ordered the ARVN to abandon the defense of Huế, and to retreat southward to defend Saigon. The decision led to a mass civilian exodus.
The war was, effectively, over. The tragedy was not.
It's about this point that eleven year old me really began to take notice of the unfolding drama, although it might have been before that. A National Geographic map of Vietnam was up on my wall, with my color pencil notations of how things were progressing.
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