Fall of Saigon (Alternity)

The Fall of Saigon was the beginning of the end for the Second Indochina War, when the Indochinese capital of Saigon fell to troops of the Philippine Empire in January 1970. The US military's chaotic rush to evacuate left nearly 1200 troops stranded on the city streets as Filipino troops entered on the chilly afternoon of January 14. The event was considered yet another black eye for the US Army, whose failures to prevent loss of territory to the Philippine forces had marred their public image and resulted in nationwide outcries against the war and its mounting casualties.