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The 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon this week will trigger complex and mixed emotions for those who lived through it.
The capture of Saigon – the capital of America's ally South Vietnam – by communist North Vietnamese forces on 30 April 1975, ...
The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam.
Loren Jenkins never intended to cover war, but in April 1975, he witnessed the fall of Saigon. From shredded files to hidden ...
Two Marines from Massachusetts — among the last remaining military service members in Saigon — recall the tense evacuation ...
One of the best-known images of the Vietnam War shows something other than what almost everyone thinks it does.
In the morning of April 29, 1975, a massive evacuation exercise began in Saigon, which ended almost 24 hours later.
You've probably seen pictures of the mob which stormed the American Embassy in Saigon desperate to find a way out in the ...
Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion ...
FILE - Desperate South Vietnamese citizens try to scale the walls of the American Embassy in a vain attempt to flee Saigon ...
The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 ...