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New orleans at tulane university in which he did not talk he actually did talk, did talk about american humiliation in war, but he was talking about the war of 1812. seriously. we as a nation have suffered humiliation and a measure of defeat in the war of 1812. our national capitol in washington had been captured and burned so the illustrious victory in the battle of new orleans was a powerful restorative to our national pride. in that speech at tulane, president ford talked about economic issues, he urged medical students who were listening to find a cure for cancer and he said next to nothing about vietnam. he mentioned the word vietnam exactly once. ....
Said nothing. he did not give a speech about it and did not answer press questions. he was not attacked by his political opponents for the chaos of the evacuation from vietnam because no one expected a massive evacuation from a war that we lost, we 20 times more casualties than we suffered in afghanistan, to be anything but chaotic and dangerous. a week before the final american helicopter left vietnam, president ford gave a speech in new orleans at two lane university, in which he did not in which he actually did talk about american humiliation in war. but he was talking about the war of 1812. seriously. we as a nation have suffered humiliation and a measure of defeat in the war of 1812. our national capital in ....