Footage shows the iconic location of the last helicopter flight out of Saigon, where US officials fled the Vietcong. Photographer Hubert van Es captured the iconic image of South Vietnamese ...

Mobs of South Vietnamese civilians scale the 14-foot wall around the U.S. Embassy in Saigon on April 29, 1975, trying to reach evacuation helicopters as the last Americans departed from Vietnam.

On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 from the capital.

Around 7:30 a.m., another helicopter, a Sea Knight, swoops low over John F. Kennedy Square (soon to be renamed) and settles on the roof of the embassy. Through binoculars I see a group of Marines ...

Updated June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM CDT In April 1975, the Vietnam War came to a turbulent close as North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon. April 30 of this year marks the 50th anniversary of the end ...