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History > 20th century > Cold War / холодная война > USA > Vietnam war (1962-1975) > Fall of Saigon 1975
South Vietnamese fled Saigon in April 1975 with the help of the American military, as Communist forces from the north entered the city.
Photograph: Dirck Halstead/Getty Images
Our Vietnam War Never Ended The New York Times APRIL 24, 2015
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/
1975
Fall of Saigon [ now Ho Chi Minh City ]
U.S. evacuation of Saigon
South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh delivers an unconditional surrender to the Communists in the early hours of April 30.
North Vietnamese colonel Bui Tin accepts the surrender and assures Minh, "...only the Americans have been beaten. If you are patriots, consider this a moment of joy."
As the few remaining Americans evacuate Saigon, the last two U.S. servicemen to die in Vietnam are killed when their helicopter crashes. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/timeline/tl3.html
http://ww.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1073345 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4625940 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4624802 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/716609.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/29/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/arts/television/
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http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/21/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/world/asia/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/movies/last-days-in-vietnam-looks-at-fall-of-saigon.html
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0430.html#articl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/24/newsid_2503000/2503771.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/30/newsid_2498000/2498441.stm
Operation Babylift
In the days before the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, Vietnamese children were taken out of the country and flown to the U.S.
Some were the children of U.S. service members and some were orphans.
But there were others that may have had parents who were still alive, so the program was controversial.
https://www.npr.org/2015/04/28/
https://www.npr.org/2015/04/28/
21 April 1975
Vietnam's President Thieu resigns
The President of South Vietnam is forced to resign accusing the United States of betrayal.
In a TV and radio address, outgoing President Nguyen Van Thieu said his forces had failed to stop the advance of the Vietcong because of lack of funds promised to him by the Americans.
In a scathing attack on the US, he suggested US Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger had tricked him into signing the Paris peace agreement two years ago, promising military aid which then failed to materialise. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/newsid_2935000/2935347.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/newsid_2935000/2935347.stm
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