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	The Fall of Saigon 1975: An Eyewitness Report by John Pilger
		Among the ribbons of refugees heading away from the fighting were embittered troops of the army of the US-backed Saigon regime, whose president and commander-in-chief, General Thieu, had acknowledged their defeat by fleeing to Taiwan with a fortune in gold.
		Saigon was now under a 24-hour curfew, but there were people in the streets, and some of them were soldiers from the 18th ARVN Division which had fought well at Xuan Loc, on Highway One.
		They were called "ghost soldiers" and they continued to lead the good life in Saigon: in the cafés, on their Hondas, beside the pool at the Cercle Sportif, while the sons of the poor fought and died at Quang Tri, An Loc, and all the other places.
	www.lewrockwell.com /pilger/pilger25.html (4694 words)

	Saigon, USA
		Saigon, USA is a timely one hour documentary film project, designed for national public television, that examines the shifts in the evolving identity of the Vietnamese American community in Southern California twenty five years after the fall of Saigon.
		Saigon, USA explores the dynamics of the Hi Tek protests in the context of the history of Vietnamese immigration to California: why Mr.
		In examining the many sides to this story, Saigon, USA reveals a larger story: the story of an evolving American community and the process of becoming "American." It is the American struggles of immigration and assimilation seen through the unique and contemporary experience of the Vietnamese.
	www.koce.org /prodSaigon.htm (625 words)

	The Fall of Saigon
		In fall 1974, leaders in Hanoi had decided upon a two-year program to conquer the South and unite the two countries under Communist rule.
		On a bridge in Saigon two days before the city fell to the Communists, a South Vietnamese soldier hangs on to a wounded comrade during an enemy attack April 28.
		Frequent Wind turned out to be the helicopter evacuation of Saigon from the Defense Attaché's Office at Tan Son Nhut and from the embassy compound itself.
	www.afa.org /magazine/April2000/0400saigon.asp (4032 words)

	Journey From The Fall - Cast
		As the Northern Vietnamese army approached Saigon in April, 1975, Chinh realized her life was in danger and she fled Vietnam on the last Pan Am flight to leave the country.
		After the fall of Saigon, Nguyen's grandfather languished in re-education camps for twelve years before he was released in 1987.
		During the Fall of Saigon, the grandfather appears holding a suitcase, and the orange vendor seen as the family flees Saigon at night is Nguyen’s mother.
	www.journeyfromthefall.com /Cast.aspx (2651 words)

	The fall of Saigon
		The mass media’s coverage of the 30th anniversary of Saigon’s fall will almost certainly be confined to a few trivial details about the final, squalid days of the U.S. war on Vietnam.
		First, by 1964, the NLF was on the verge of coming to power in Saigon--or, at the very least, causing a crisis would lead to the formation of a government committed to negotiations with the nationalists and U.S. withdrawal.
		The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975--with its famous image of helicopters taking off from the roof of the U.S. embassy--marked the final defeat of the U.S. in the Vietnam War.
	www.socialistworker.org /2005-1/541/541_08_FallSaigon.shtml (2252 words)

	Fall of Saigon Vietnam
		The Fall of Saigon Marines Association is a
		The exhibit is heightened by the display of an authentic Vietnam-era UH-1 Huey helicopter, and the actual staircase that sat on top of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon when that city fell to the Communist Army of North Vietnam.
		The Fall of Saigon Association is a Non Profit Association.
	www.fallofsaigon.org /frmain.htm (720 words)

	Remembering the Fall of Saigon - and Why We Must Never Forget (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saigon, once called the Pearl of the Orient, was a beautiful and prosperous city.
		The fall of Saigon became the sack of Saigon.
		The anniversary of the fall of Saigon is an occasion on which -- to paraphrase what Abraham Lincoln said so eloquently in the Gettysburg Address -- to give increased devotion to that cause for which those who died in defense of freedom on the battlefields of Vietnam gave their last full measure of devotion.
	www.perspicacityonline.com /Articles/2005/05/Saigon050501.htm (2797 words)

	Fall of Saigon Information
		The Fall of Saigon (in Vietnamese: 30 tháng tư, or April 30th), was the capture of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon by the People's Army of Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
		Despite some previous predictions that the fall of Saigon would be long and bloody, only scattered pockets of resistance remained.
		Within 24 hours of the fall, the city was renamed "Ho Chi Minh City", after the Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Fall_of_Saigon (310 words)

	ZNet \|Asia \| The Fall Of Saigon 1975: An Eye Witness Report
		By mid-April, the end was in sight as the battle for Xuan Loc unfolded 30 miles to the north-west of Saigon, which itself was already encircled by as many as 15 PAVN divisions armed with artillery and heatseeking missiles.On 20 April, Xuan Loc was captured by the PAVN.
		The monsoon had arrived early and Saigon now lay beneath leaden cloud; beyond the airport were long, arched bolts of lightning and the thunder came in small salvos as President Minh prepared to address what was left of his "republic".
		They were called "ghost soldiers" and they continued to lead the good life in Saigon: in the cafes, on their Hondas, beside the pool at the Cercle Sportif, while the sons of the poor fought and died at Quang Tri, An Loc, and all the other places.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=44&ItemID=7651 (4764 words)

	Fall of Saigon - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		This article describes the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War.
		Saigon (later renamed Ho Chi Minh City) was taken over by the Communist forces of the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front, which had renamed itself the Provisional Revolutionary Government (referred to here as the Provisional Military Government).
		This article refers to the Communist forces as the “Viet Cong.” This was originally a derogatory term but it came to be widely used during the Vietnam War.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_761594029/Fall_of_Saigon.html (132 words)

	Fall of Saigon
		The surrender of Saigon was announced by the South Vietnamese president, General Duong Van Minh: "We are here to hand over to you the power in order to avoid bloodshed." General Minh had become South Vietnam’s president for two days as the country crumbled.
		The Fall of Saigon By Walter J. Boyne On April 30, 1975, North Viet-namese troops accepted the surrender of Saigon and thus snuffed out the Republic of Vietnam, humiliating Washington in the process.
		Saigon, within 24 hours, had becFall of Saigon By Walter J. Boyne On April 30, 1975, North Viet-namese troops accepted the surrender of Saigon and thus snuffed out the Republic of Vietnam, humiliating Washington in the process.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1880.html (967 words)

	Vietnam: History of the Bulwark B2 Theatre
		Saigon, situated in the middle of Military Region III, was organized into the Capital Special Zone and was the command headquarters and the center of the U.S.-puppet war apparatus.
		Many of the people of Saigon could not forget their children who had gone to fight in the resistance war years ago and in whom they had placed their confidence and hope.
		Ba Tran, who was born in Hoc Mon, grew up in Saigon and joined the anti-French resistance war in 1945, was the regional deputy chief of staff and was responsible for organizing and guiding the delegation and for strategic guidance.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/tra/tra.asp (16496 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 243 - The fall of Saigon, 1975 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell on 30 April 1975 when forces of the North Vietnamese Army invaded the city and captured the presidential palace.
		The last Australians from the Australian Embassy in Saigon – including Ambassador Geoffrey Price – were evacuated by the RAAF on 25 April 1975.
		Records of the Australian Embassy, Republic of Vietnam (Saigon) (CA 2773)
	www.naa.gov.au /Publications/fact_sheets/fs243.html (434 words)

	Paper Thin Walls :: Single Reviews :: THIS HEAT - "The Fall Of Saigon"
		This Heat is a band I’ve been familiar with for some years, but it wasn’t until quite recently that I became obsessed with them—largely due to the re-release of many of their albums in the form of the Out Of Cold Storage box set.
		It’s not that “The Fall Of Saigon" is the best track on the album or even that their first album is their best, but it struck me most for a variety of reasons.
		Atmosphere, one of the most elusive and important parts of a successful record/recording is found in abundance on the self-titled album and "The Fall Of Saigon" is as good a representation of this as any other track.
	www.paperthinwalls.com /singlefile/item?id=301 (533 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - The fall of Saigon: 30 years later
		Though published in 2002, Sullivan's book is timely as the 30th anniversary nears of the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese Army forces.
		"Saigon is going to fall," she said they told her.
		Though her husband was hearing otherwise from U.S. officials, the writing was on the wall, Sullivan said, when Congress refused in January 1975 to authorize $722 million to help the South Vietnamese.
	www.timescommunity.com /site/tab5.cfm?newsid=14376096&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506096&rfi=6 (1095 words)

	cbs2.com - Remembering The Fall Of Saigon
		South Vietnamese troops marched from their outposts on the outskirts of Saigon to stack their weapons.
		I rushed down four flights of stairs from the AP bureau in the Eden Building to the central square to interview weary South Vietnamese soldiers and police officers.
		Saigon would be renamed Ho Chi Minh City, after the legendary communist hero.
	cbs2.com /topstories/topstories_story_118071644.html (817 words)

	Why they fled: The fall of Saigon - Boat People: A Refugee Crisis - CBC Archives
		Vietnamese refugee Francis Win was only a boy when his family fled, but he talks to CBC Television about the arrival of the Communists and the difficult years that followed.
		The air evacuation from Saigon was supposed to be one of the largest transports of refugees ever undertaken.
		The Pentagon had been told to plan for the movement of 175,000 South Vietnamese who were in danger of being executed by the Communists for their service to the South Vietnam government or the United States.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-69-524-2705/life_society/boat_people/clip1 (560 words)

	Operation Reunite - Fall Of Saigon - Vietnam, Saigon Fall - Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Reunification of Vietnam, Policy ...
		The historic event known as the Fall of Saigon occurred on April 30, 1975.
		Tanks crashed through gates and stormed the presidential compound and, within minutes, the war that had been raging for decades finally and abruptly came to an end.
		Saigon was immediately renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
	www.operationreunite.com /warbabies/Saigon-Fall.aspx (201 words)

	What happened when Democrats in Congress cut off funding for the Vietnam War?
		Historians have directly attributed the fall of Saigon in 1975 to the cessation of American aid.
		In the fall of 1974, Nixon resigned under the pressure of the Watergate scandal and was succeeded by Gerald Ford.
		Sensing that South Vietnam was on the verge of collapse, the NVA accelerated its attack and reached Saigon on April 23.
	hnn.us /articles/31400.html (651 words)

	NPR : Looking Back on the Fall of Saigon
		U.S. officials scramble aboard a helicopter at an apartment building in Saigon.
		Similar scenes were enacted across the city as people fled Vietnam in the last days of April 1975.
		Weekend Edition Saturday, April 30, 2005 · Thirty years after flying off the roof of the U.S. Embassy, on one of the last helicopters out, NPR's Loren Jenkins recalls the last day of the Vietnam War from downtown Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4625940 (155 words)

	The Fall of Saigon - NIE: Newspapers in Education
		Twenty-five years later in Ho Chi Minh City, the new name of Saigon, Vietnamese celebrated the anniversary of their victory over the United States and its South Vietnamese allies.
		Americans commemorated the fall of Saigon with memorial services for the 58,153 Americans who died in Southeast Asia during the conflict.
		For the Vietnamese perspective on the fall of Saigon, browse to Fall of Saigon Stories.
	www.cincinnati.com /nie/archive/05-02-00 (918 words)

	The Fall of Saigon
		On April 29, 1975, America withdrew completely from Saigon, leaving the old noncommunist capital to fall to North Vietnamese tanks.
		Americans commemorated the fall of Saigon with memorial services for the 58,153 Americans who died in Southeast Asia during the conflict.
		For the Vietnamese perspective on the fall of Saigon, browse to Fall of Saigon Stories.
	www.learnersonline.com /weekly/archive2K/week16 (616 words)

	Vietnam flag honors Saigon fall - The Boston Globe
		To commemorate the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese American Community of Massachusetts raised the Vietnamese flag yesterday at several locations throughout Boston, including City Hall and the Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Morrissey Boulevard.
		Veterans and Vietnamese residents gathered at the granite memorial on the campus of UMass Boston, where several individuals were dressed in yellow and red, the colors of the Vietnamese flag.
		Connors was awarded the medal during a ceremony at Devens Saturday, the US Marine Corps reported.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2006/05/01/vietnam_flag_honors_saigon_fall (590 words)

	NewsHour Extra: The Vietnam War - May 2, 2000
		Minutes later they were out the door, running in the direction of the Saigon River, running from their comfortable home, running from life as Tu Trinh had known it.
		Simply put, the war was an unsuccessful effort by South Vietnam (supported by the United States) to prevent the communists of North Vietnam from reuniting the north and south under communist leadership-- but there's much more to the story.
		In the early hours of April 29th, Ken was on night guard duty on the roof of the U.S. Embassy, one of the tallest buildings in the area.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/jan-june00/vietnam.html (1671 words)

	CNN.com - Vietnam marks fall of Saigon - Apr 30, 2005
		The fall of Saigon marked the end of the 10-year involvement of the United States in southeast Asia.
		U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam two years before the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 but Washington supported the South Vietnamese administration until the end and established diplomatic relations with united Vietnam only 10 years ago.
		Property prices in its biggest metropolis Ho Chi Minh City, known as Saigon in the French and American eras, as well as the capital Hanoi, are soaring to levels of European capitals.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/vietnam.anniversary (619 words)

	The Fall of Saigon
		April 30th, 1995 marks the twentieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon to the Communists.
		I remember the chaos as the frantic evacuation from Saigon marked a final betrayal to those from South Vietnam that had believed in and worked for the U.S. You could see the fear and terror in their eyes as the realization settled in that we would leave them behind.
		Their objective had been to slow the NVA drive towards Saigon with the hope that U.S. military aid could be negotiated for.
	members.aol.com /spur317/vnam10.html (1948 words)

	Vietnam Marks Fall Of Saigon, Floats Bear U.S. Credit Card Logos As Festive Vietnam Looks Forward - CBS News
		Vietnamese students flip colored placards in the sign of a Vietnamese flag in grandstands during the 30th anniversary commemoration parade in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.
		In April 1975, several dozen U.S. Marines in Saigon managed to coordinate the largest helicopter rescue ever.
		The city's fall marked the official end of the Vietnam War, and the United States' decade-long campaign against communism in Southeast Asia.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/04/30/world/main692168.shtml (470 words)

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