Marine Guard Juan Valdez was one of the last left waiting for evacuation from the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the American evacuation of Saigon April 29, 1975.

moving more than 7,000 people out of Saigon, with the American UH-1 “Huey” helicopter becoming the iconic symbol of the American evacuation of Vietnam. Now, as the 50th anniversary of the fall ...