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The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and North Vietnam-controlled Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic ...
1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched the Spring Offensive in March; the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was quickly defeated. The North Vietnamese captured Saigon on April 30, accepting the surrender of South Vietnam. In the final days of the war, the ...
Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon. It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War. More than 7,000 ...
Though Minh died before the Fall of Saigon in 1975, the People's Army was victorious. The North succeeded in uniting Vietnam in 1976, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Actor Toan Le shines ...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - As the Marines scrambled to the roof of the U.S. Embassy, they locked a chain-link gate on every other floor to slow the throng of panicked Vietnamese civilians ...
Apr 29 – 30: Operation Frequent Wind [2]: 178–201 Helicopter evacuation of U.S. and South Vietnamese citizens and 3rd country nationals before the fall of Saigon: Saigon: 2 May 15: Mayaguez Incident [2]: 239–63 Rescue of SS Mayaguez and crew: Koh Tang Island, Cambodia: 60+ Khmer Rouges: 21 Apr 3 - Sep 3: Operation New Life [3]
Forty years later, the images remain searing: Throngs of desperate South Vietnamese civilians trying to scale the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.
The evacuation of Saigon and the subsequent surrender of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975 effectively terminated the existence of the DAO, however a DAO residual office was established at Fort Shafter, Hawaii on 29 April.