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Fifty years ago, in the chaotic final hours of the Vietnam War, American pilots pulled off the largest helicopter evacuation ...
The event aboard the USS Midway commemorated the anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind rescues and the fall of Saigon that ...
Dallas doctor whose family fled Saigon tells the story, and offers thanks that America gave his parents freedom and ...
The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 ...
After 30 years of conflict in what was a humiliating defeat for the United States, the Vietnam War was finally at an end in ...
The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam.
April 30, 1975, for so many of us, is not just a date on the calendar,” one attendee said. “It is a date that changed our ...
The fall of Saigon didn’t happen in a day, although the iconic photos of Huey helicopters rescuing people from the city’s rooftops have become symbolic of the tumultuous evacuation, 50 years ago ...
On April 30, 1975 North Vietnamese forces stormed the presidential palace in the capital, effectively ending the war.
Marijuana was plentiful. They were able to get their hands on opium in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The series includes ...
When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass ...
The event marked the fall of the U.S.-backed Republic of Vietnam and paved the way for the nation’s unification under ...