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30th Memorial 4-29-05
30th Memorial 4-29-05
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South
vietnamese civilians try to climb the wall of the U.S. Embassy in a
desperate bid to board one of the last evacuation flights out of
Saigon. August
29, 1975 |
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North
Vietnamese soldiers run past destroyed aircraft on the tarmac of
Saigon's Tan Son Nhat airport after the advancing Communist forces
shelled the airport. Several hours later Saigon fell into the hands of
the Communist troops, marking an end to the
Vietnam war. |
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A U.S.
Marine helicopter waits to carry evacuees out of Saigon on the day the
South Vietnamese government announced its unconditional
surrender to the Vietcong. |
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A Marine
helps evacuees board a helicopter on the final day of the Vietnam War. From msnbc Web Page
30th Memorial 4-29-05 |