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50 years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam tweaks the story of its victory
The day the Vietnam War ended has become a high-profile celebration in Vietnam. But debates over the name of the April 30 ...
A South Side GI’s incredible sacrifice in a war that ended chaotically 50 years ago
The Vietnam War produced heroes including Chicagoan Milton Olive, but ultimately ended in a chaotic surrender and exit.
The children of the Vietnam War’s ‘Operation Babylift,’ now 50, reckon with their past
Operation Babylift was an effort led by the American military to rescue babies from Vietnamese orphanages ahead of the fall ...
Veterans reunite with ‘precious cargo’ 50 years after the Fall of Saigon
A California woman's quest to say thank you led to the colonel who ran her refugee camp and the aircraft maintainer who ...
The things they’ll carry: San Jose’s Vietnamese on their next 50 years
Seven-year-old Vương Ngọc Lan ascended from a pit of fish guts and human waste inside a 50-foot dinghy to a 935-foot tanker ...
Remembering the fall of Saigon
Fifty years ago, as the North Vietnamese army closed in on Saigon, U.S. forces, personnel and South Vietnamese civilians struggled to evacuate to American ships offshore. "Sunday Morning" talks with ...