March 29, 1973: Two months after the signing of the Vietnam
peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops left South
Vietnam as Hanoi freed the remaining American prisoners
of war held in North Vietnam. America’s direct eight-year
intervention in the Vietnam War was at an end. In Saigon,
some 7,000 U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees
remained behind to aid South Vietnam in conducting what
looked to be a fierce and ongoing war with communist North
Vietnam.

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and
one of the most highly regarded American generals of World War
II, died in Washington, D.C. of congestive heart failure at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., at age 78.

ED DANAHUE

Elvis Presley swears in to the U.S. Army, March 24, 1958. (Associated Press photo/Public Domain)

ROSS SIMPSON

Portable radios were invented by John F. Mitchell in 1941 when  he 
created the first 2-way radio that was small enough for soldiers to
carry with them during World War II. These radios were called the
“Walkie-talkie.” 

Portable radios became available for home use in 1958 when
Raytheon produced a pocket transistorized radio that cost
$49.95.  

John Francis Mitchell
(January 1, 1928 – June 9, 2009)