NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, communist Viet Cong forces took over Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon ...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books.
April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and the end of a war that has profoundly shaped Vietnam and its place in the world. Today’s Vietnam is a world away from 1975; it is a young ...
Opening Shot: A shot of a young Scott Camil, a Vietnam vet from Florida. He talks about joining the Marines and being sent directly to Vietnam in the early 1960s, his voice catching when he recalls ...
In the final months of World War II, a small team of American commandos parachuted into the mountains of northern Vietnam to train Ho Chi Minh’s guerrillas to fight Japan. They were members of the OSS ...
DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical ...
Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. Vietnam ...
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