Ralph White’s book, ‘Getting Out of Saigon,’ chronicling the struggle to escape the Communist Vietnamese takeover, makes for ...

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Ahead of the capital of South Vietnam being captured by northern communists on April 30, 1975, the streets were gripped by panic as thousands tried desperately to flee ‒ many heading to the U.S ...

President Gerald Ford ordered the evacuation of 3,000 Vietnamese orphans. On the first operation flight out of Saigon, on April 4, 1975, 250 children, along with American volunteers, were loaded ...

This month marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon — an event that irrevocably altered the course of Vietnam’s history and scattered its people across the globe. For those who lived through ...