In the chaos of the helicopter evacuation from Saigon in April 1975, Doan Hoàng Curtis' sister was somehow left behind. It would haunt her family for years.
Vietnam held a military parade to mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which took place on April 30, 1975, marking the end of the Vietnam War. The event commemorated the unification of the ...
On April 30, 1975, Ty Banh’s family was on the tarmac of Tan Son Nhut airfield in Saigon, waiting to board a flight to a new life and a new world. They weren’t leaving on their own accord. They were ...
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KATV) — This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the subsequent arrival of over 50,000 Vietnamese, Lao, and Hmong refugees at Fort Chaffee. For many, this site ...
Days before the fall of Saigon, Pan Am enlisted the help of several flight attendants to evacuate the airline's Vietnamese employees and their families. They ended up cramming nearly 100 more people ...