Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Blair mechara dee na Serong nabatara ịgbachitere South Vietnam site na ọchịchị Kọmunist dịka "ọrụ nke aka ya", na mkpebi ya ịla ezumike nká n'oge gara aga bụ n'ihi itinye aka ya na ndị otu US na-abawanye ụba, uru ha tinyere na ọrụ ya na profaịlụ ya dị ka onye mba ụwa, yana "mmetụta mmetụta uche" na-eto eto site na ndị agha Australia na ndị isi ya. O mechara dee na ya "... chọtara ụzọ ọ ga-esi na-ejere obodo ya ozi karịa n'ime ya". Serong nọrọ na South Vietnam dịka onye ndụmọdụ nchekwa na ọgụgụ isi nye gọọmentị Vietnamese. Ọ kụzikwaara na National Defense College nke South Vietnam ma rụọ ọrụ maka nzukọ Rand, Hudson Institute na ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọzọ, na-akwadebe nyocha atụmatụ. Ọ bụkwa onye ndụmọdụ na Pentagon na ndị otu atụmatụ iwu nke ọtụtụ ndị isi ala US, gụnyere ọchịchị Nixon. Na 1971, Serong kwupụtara na South Vietnam emeriela n'agha ahụ. N'ịbụ onye nọgidere ogologo oge mgbe ndị agha Australia wepụsịrị, ọ gara n'ihu na-eje ozi na South Vietnam ruo mgbe
Ọdịda Saịgọn. Serong hapụrụ Saigon ụbọchị tupu ejide ya, na-ahapụ site na helikopta na ụgbọ elu ikpeazụ site na ụlọ ọrụ US na 29 Eprel 1975. O nwetara ọtụtụ onyinye US na South Vietnamese, gụnyere United States Legion of Merit, (Vietnam) Medal of Honor, Cross of Gallantry (na nkwụ), na Knight of the National Order of Vietnam.