Nixon Announces Withdrawal of Additional 45,000 Troops

November 12, 1971

United States President Richard Nixon announcing major troop reductions in South Vietnam, 12 Nov 197
United States President Richard Nixon announcing major troop reductions in South Vietnam, 12 Nov 197
United States President Richard Nixon announcing major troop reductions in South Vietnam, 12 Nov 1971

President Nixon announces that 45,000 additional U.S. troops will leave Vietnam by the end of January 1972. This leaves fewer than 140,000 American troops in South Vietnam.1