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 ...

You've probably seen pictures of the mob which stormed the American Embassy in Saigon desperate to find a way out in the final hours of the Vietnam War. But maybe you haven't heard the radio ...

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government and ...

Next spring, April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. While there are photos and stories of the helicopter evacuations of the American diplomats and the South Vietnamese from ...

A few days before Thanksgiving every year, Hoang Ly settles into a chair at his home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to write a thank-you email to Stephen Greene, the lanky American who helped his family ...

The U.S. military won every battle in Vietnam, but the war was lost at home due to public opinion and political decisions. The author expresses the lasting emotional impact of the war and the sense of ...

On April 29, 1975, the famous photograph was taken of the helicopter evacuating people from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam. Earlier that month, the Foreign Mission Board ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Vietnam veteran Patrick Sheridan watched the chaotic crumble of Saigon on television 30 ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - As the Marines scrambled to the roof of the U.S. Embassy, they locked a chain-link gate on every other floor to slow the throng of panicked Vietnamese civilians sure to ...