Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. April marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, and the wounds of the Vietnam War remain open ‒ not just for Americans who fought ...

Fifty years ago, 2-year-old Phan Kim Phuong was handed up into a military aircraft, her future a near-complete blank save one truth: She would not grow up in Vietnam. Saigon was falling to the North ...

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government and ...

KPBS presents a special on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Sàigòn. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Sàigòn and the end of the Vietnam War. KPBS presents a special featuring the ...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of thousands ...

Women pose for photos outside the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8. The country will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon on Wednesday. (Tan Qingju / Getty Images) ...

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Vietnam marked the 40th anniversary of Saigon’s fall Thursday with a huge military parade celebrating the moment communist forces ended a decades-long conflict and delivered a painful blow to American ...

(This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.) Fifty years ago, 2-year-old Phan ...

Military officers stoop to inspect slim green cannons along the Saigon River. Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park. Fighter jets and helicopters roar ...