The phrase "the fall of Saigon" refers to the capture of Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, on 30 April 1975 by communist forces of the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Getty Images ...

Few historians of the Vietnam War have covered the post-1975 era or engaged comprehensively with refugee politics, humanitarianism, and human rights as defining issues of the period. After Saigon's ...

Captain Gerald "Gerry" Berry was a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps during the fall of Saigon in April 1975. Capt. Berry was tasked with evacuating U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin from the ...

The 42nd anniversary of the fall of Saigon on Sunday was an excellent ... as well as astonishing archival footage of the events of 1975 in Saigon, the film explains that the North Vietnamese ...

Halstead's striking images captured many landmark moments in US history, from the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon in 1975, to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and the ...

For those of a certain age, the fall of Saigon in April of 1975 was one of those “where were you when…” moments. The images of CIA officers helping evacuees into a waiting helicopter are ...