Peace With Honor

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"Peace With Honor" was a phrase Richard M. Nixon used in a speech on January 23, 1973 to describe his plan to pull out of the Vietnam War. The plan specified that a cease-fire would take place four days later, on January 27, 1973. According to the plan, within 60 days after the cease-fire, the North Vietnamese would release all US prisoners, and all US troops would withdraw from South Vietnam. The plan was successful wherein March 29, the last US soldier leaves. In 1975, Saigon fell to North Vietnamese troops.

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