Hubert Van Es' photograph capturing the 1975 fall of Saigon became one of the most enduring images from the Vietnam War. (Mike Clarke/AFP via Getty Images) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the ...

Wednesday marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, a pivotal moment in history that signaled the end of the Vietnam War. Many refugees fled the chaos, and some of them settled in the Delaware Valley.

50 Years After the Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio. (KSAT) Editor's Note: This article is part of KSAT’s special, "50 Years After The Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio," highlighting how the war in ...

Hung Vu, 73, a former South Vietnamese army officer who left the country in 1975, poses with a photo of himself taken during the Vietnam War at his army surplus store in the Little Saigon neighborhood ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO ARE LOOKING BACK ON THIS DAY. LA LA LA. IN LATE APRIL 30TH. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY. IT’S A HARD DAY FOR VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. WE LOST OUR COUNTRY TODAY. THE DAY KNOWN AS BLACK APRIL. THE FALL ...

People try to scale the 14-foot wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, trying to reach evacuation helicopters, as the last of the Americans depart from Vietnam. The war ended on April 30, 1975, with the ...

Twenty minutes. That’s how long Nho Trong Nguyen had to save his wife and son. The day was April 26, 1975 – four days before the fall of Saigon – and the South Vietnamese congressman had just hung up ...

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