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.

With the aid of U.S. refugee resettlement organizations, my family was relocated to Lafayette, where they were sponsored by downtown area churches.

As air boss of the USS Midway, Jumper guided scores of evacuation helicopters onto the aircraft carrier’s deck during a ...

A large crowd outside the independence palace in Saigon on Oct. 26, 1955 to hear Ngo Dinh Diem proclaim the new republic of South Vietnam, with himself as President and Prime Minister Ngo received ...

On April 30, 1975, the capital of South Vietnam was captured at the Fall of Saigon, an event that marked the end of the Vietnam War. To honor its 50th anniversary, look back at some of the most str… ...

Some of the most indelible images of the Vietnam War came during its final hours of April 30, 1975. After more than thirteen years of military involvement, 58,220 Americans killed, along with ...

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.

For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt. ... during an unveiling ceremony for the 2025 National Recognition Day poster. ...

Read full article: From Saigon to San Antonio: A journey from Vietnam refugee to U.S. Air Force veteran. Thousands of Vietnam refugees found a new home in the United States following the war in ...

HO CHI MINH CITY/HANOI, April 29 (Reuters) - As a young U.S. intelligence analyst in Saigon during the Vietnam War, Chuck Searcy never thought that 50 years later he would be living in Communist ...

Here’s what led up to the war in Vietnam. 1887: France colonizes parts of Southeast Asia, calling it French Indochina, which included Vietnam. 1930: Ho Chi Minh founded the Indochinese Communist ...