“50 Years of Remembrance and Renewal,” a commemoration of the fall of Saigon, will take place from 1-3 p.m. April 27 at the Santa Clara County Building, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

On that day in 1975, the capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. Even though thousands of Americans died in that 20-year war, the Asian country is still communist to this day. But a ...