April marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, and the wounds of the Vietnam War remain open ‒ not just for Americans who fought there, but also for those who lost everything when the war ended ...

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 ...

After almost two decades of fighting and millions of lives lost, the Vietnam war came to an end in 1975. Hardly anyone believed that after 19 years of bitter fighting, the conflict would be ...

Captain Gerald "Gerry" Berry was a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps during the fall of Saigon in April 1975. Capt. Berry was tasked with evacuating U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin from the ...

Đặng Thơ Thơ, in her thirties and in a new country, was able to turn what was just a hobby in Vietnam into her occupation in the United States. In 1992, she immigrated from Saigon to ...

Orange County historians took a look this year at a major milestone for our community: the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which led to tens of thousands of refugees making a home here and ...