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.

From 1975: L.V. “Mick” Brown Jr., of Spokane, was an eyewitness to the chaotic evacuation playing out in Saigon, Vietnam, over the week. He was booked on one of the last commercial flights to ...

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 ...

With the last helicopter evacuations flying out of Saigon, South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, and the fall of the capital and country, that day marked the end of a long war that began in the 1950s.