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Born in 1912
Mars Hill, North Carolina

Died in 1990

U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, 1973–1975

Graham Martin served as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam during the final years of the Vietnam War. A strong supporter of President Nguyen Van Thieu (see entry), Martin waged a fierce but unsuccessful campaign to increase U.S. military aid for South Vietnam. Martin's ambassadorship to South Vietnam ended in April 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured the capital city of Saigon to end the war. Since then, his handling of the evacuation of American and Vietnamese personnel from Saigon during the war's final days has become a topic of controversy and debate.

Works as diplomat around the world

Graham A. Martin first made his mark in the world as a newspaperman, but he eventually entered the world...