1974 AVRN renew aggression and begin campaigns against Vietcong and NVA with US equipment. Vietcong suffer massive internal turmoil, with 40,000 deaths within their own ranks. Song Be province Nixon resigns 1975 Hanoi launches the Ho Chi Minh campaign, a nd take South Vietnamese held territories with massive show of force. Hue retaken on March 26, US President Gerald Ford fails to honour promise of air support. Approx 58,000 American Gi's are killed with over 150,000 injured.
Veteran suicides later outnumber original casualties.
South Vietnam lost 250,000 troops in action The Vietcong and NVA suffered the loss of one million troops Nearly 3 million Vietnamese civilians were killed Five million Vietnamese wounded. 15,000 'Amerasian' children born to an uncertain, fatherless, future.