On January 27, 1973 President Richard Nixon signs the Paris peace treaty four years after taking office officially ending the Vietnam War.1 The US troops are ordered to return home, by April almost all of US forces were out of Vietnam and 587 prisoners of war had been released, although and estimated 2,500 members are missing in action. In the begging of the Vietnam conflict, President John F. Kennedy’s belief of the communist domino effect, 2 sparks the Vietnam War and years later the domino effect theory is discredited. 3 President Richard Nixon brings the war to end and the United States of America must deal with what feels like a bruised ego and embarrassment. A 16:1 ratio of military casualties favoring the United States does
