In the morning of April 29, 1975, a massive evacuation exercise began in Saigon, which ended almost 24 hours later. About 6,500 people had been airlifted by the end of the exercise, including nearly ...
Seattle actress Khanh Doan wasn't yet born when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell at the hands of the North Vietnamese army 30 years ago today, signaling the end of nearly three decades of ...
Fifty years ago, on April 30, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese, and the defeat was America’s, too. South Vietnam was our ally, whose forces we trained, armed, and supported with our own troops, ...
It was an overcast morning Wednesday in Westminster, much like it was 50 years ago to the day in Saigon, when the South Vietnamese capital fell to communist forces and the last American troops left ...
President Gerald Ford, wearing a shirt inscribed with "Mr. President-Bogie Buster," plays golf on Aug. 12, 1975, in Vail. (AP) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of ...