Many Vietnamese in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City — as Saigon is known today — say they simply refer to it as ... the 69-year-old said, Vietnam provides a freedom that differs from his childhood ...

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The Brief. 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.

South Vietnam veterans salute as they present the colors of the flag during a ceremony remembering the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon held at the James P. McEntee, Sr. Plaza in San Jose ...

Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Although a child of war refugees, ... Cat Nguyen’s father was just 10 years old and mother was 13 when they left Vietnam.

Andrew Lam remembers walking along the shore of Vũng Tàu, a small coastal city near Saigon. As the North Vietnamese army was making its way to the capital five decades ago, 11-year-old Lam stood ...

For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt. ... Huffman was only five months old when her father, Navy Cdr. Edward J. Jacobs Jr., ...

Naja Pham Lockwood fled Vietnam on the last ship as Saigon fell. She was 7 years old. Lockwood, now in Utah, reflects on her journey from refugee to American that began 50 years ago.

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 ...