The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the decades-long Vietnam War. Images of overloaded evacuation helicopters remain among the iconic scenes of the 1970s. Fifty years later, the ...
Women pose for photos outside the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8. The country will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon on Wednesday. (Tan Qingju / Getty Images) ...
Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Although a child of war refugees, Victoria Ngo got to learn more about her Vietnamese identity only during her college years in the United States in the 1990s. The ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, communist Viet Cong forces took over Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon ...
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 ...
Test your knowledge about the conflict that defined a generation. A half-century after the war’s finale, the aging of the baby boomer generation means firsthand memories of the conflict are fading.