Division 18

In the final days of the Vietnam War, the soldiers of Division 18 in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) remained standing in the face of imminent defeat. They have the distinction of being the last ARVN unit to defend Saigon from the communist takeover in the last battle of the Vietnam War. Of the unit's 600 men, 28 survived this campaign. Among them was Che Nguyen, who has the harrowing distinction of being the very last man out of this very last battle. Almost fifty years later, Division 18's most decorated veteran is finally ready to tell his story.