Thirty five years after Nixon's resignation, Al Haig recalls the president's last days

The Palm Beach Post ^ | Andrew Abramson

[MeekOneGOP]

"It was very difficult to watch what happened to him," said Haig from his summer home in McLean, Va. "It was the saddest time of my life."

Yep. I remember those days, too. From way afar of course. But it was a sad time for me to watch this.

Nixon was the first Prez candidate that I ever voted for (November '72).

Twenty-one months later, he's stepping down. :(

[MeekOneGOP]

Good article. Thanks for posting.

I always remember this day in history.

BIG history, for one thing.

And my nephew was born on August 9th, too!
(Around 1980 I believe). :)

[fieldmarshaldj]

That would’ve been rather late to the party. Like nuking Hiroshima a second time in ‘45...

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Uh, Nixon was elected in 1968, didn’t take office until 1969, at which point the the Gun Control Act of 1968 was already law.

Nixon was guilty of enough bad things without tarring him with that waste-of-skin Johnson’s sins.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I worked for General Haig during his short-lived campaign for president in 1987. You are both correct.

[muawiyah]

The low cost option is to simply take it for granted that Haig meant nothing more than that within his range of sight and hearing he was the highest ranked commander ~ at that time.

Just checking on his military background ~ he appears to have been in a good number of bad things where exactly that habit would been called on.

One claim that needs checked on is his place in the chain of command regarding the time the 1/15 Infantry was honored to guard the withdrawal of the US Marines from Chisin reservoir.

I don't find Haig involved directly with the 1/15 but maybe he was around the area.

There doesn't appear to be another time in the history of the country where the Infantry protected the Marines!