Vietnamization
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Vietnamization was a policy enacted in early 1969 by the Richard Nixon administration aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by expanding, equipping, and training the South Vietnamese arm
President Richard Nixon shaking hands with armed forces in South Vietnam, July 30, 1969
The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The U.S. military presence in Vietnam peaked in April 1969, with
U.S. soldiers disembark from a UH-1D helicopter at the Battle of Ia Drang in South Vietnam, November 1965
U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters airlift members of a U.S. infantry regiment, 1966
U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land in Vietnam during its herbicidal warfare campaign
Commandant of the Marine Corps Wallace Greene (left), III MAF commander General Robert Cushman (center), and General Westmoreland (right).