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Vietnam War pilot reflects on rescue helicopter evacuations during the fall of Saigon
On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...
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Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later
Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard ...
AP PHOTOS: Documenting the fall of Saigon in photos
In the morning of April 29, 1975, a massive evacuation exercise began in Saigon, which ended almost 24 hours later.
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Fall of Saigon: Children of Vietnam’s war refugees reconcile a painful past
Younger generation of Vietnamese make peace with history and identity on the 50th anniversary of war ending in Vietnam.
Vietnam prepares major display of national pride 50 years on from fall of Saigon
Massive parades and events are being rehearsed as Vietnam prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which ...
Celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City to mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War
Vietnam is celebrating the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday with a grand military parade and an air show 50 years after ...
'Put that camera down or we'll shoot you': ITN cameraman looks back at filming the fall of Saigon
Peter Wilkinson was an ITN cameraman in Saigon as the North Vietnamese army approached, capturing the desperation as people tried to evacuate before it fell. | ITV National News ...
As communist troops streamed into Saigon, a few remaining reporters kept photos and stories flowing
The last three staffers in The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, reporters Matt Franjola, left, Peter Arnett, rear, and George ...
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When Vietnamese refugees made their new homes in America, they built Little Saigon communities across the country
The fall of Saigon 50 years ago prompted a mass exodus of Vietnamese over the next months and years. Many were evacuated by the United States military and brought to America to resettle. And as more ...
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Remembering the fall of Saigon
The last American fighting men in Vietnam were barricaded on the roof as Saigon was about to fall.
Editorial: On the anniversary of war’s conclusion, remember the lessons of Vietnam
Fifty years since the last U.S. forces left Vietnam, the war still weighs on our foreign policy, our politics and especially ...
Legacy of Agent Orange haunts Vietnam, 50 years on from Fall of Saigon
Fifty years on from the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, millions of Vietnamese people are still suffering from ...