 Nokuputsika kwehurukuro dzorugare neHanoi, Mutungamiri Nixon akatanga Operation Linebacker II, nhimbe huru yemhepo yakatanga musi wa16 December 1972. Nixon, mukuedza kuvanza kuputsika kwehurukuro, akarayira kuti tsananguro yapachena yebhomba ibatanidzwe nekurwisa kunobvira kwomuvengi muMaodzanyemba. Pasina mashoko aibuda muWhite House, Pentagon, kana kuti MACV, mashoko okuzivisa okuNorth Vietnam ndiwo bedzi aifanira kutaurwa nenhau uye akabudiswa zvikuru namapepanhau. Vanhu vokuAmerica, zvisinei, vakanga vasina kugutsikana. Maererano nokuongorora kwakaitwa naHarris, vasingasviki 50 muzana vakabvuma kuti kwakanga kuri kusava nomunhu uye kusazvibata kuti U.S. iratidze bhomba nzvimbo yavagari vemo yeHanoi uye 71 muzana vakabvuma kuti izvo takaita mukubhomba Hanoi zvakanga zvisina kuipa kupfuura izvo makomonisiti akaita muHondo yeVietnam. Pashure pokurwisa, Hanoi yakadzokera patafura yokukurukurirana uye pashure pokunetsana nehurumende yeSaigon Chibvumirano Chorugare cheParis chakasainwa musi wa 27 January 1973. Nokuda kweUnited States, Hondo yeVietnam yakanga yapera. 