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.

On this date, 1975: Hear rare audio from the Fall of Saigon by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube > Roger, find out for sure how many aircraft Alamo needs at this time. … > Okay, they're on their way.

Donat LeBlanc, a New Bedford native, served in the Vietnam War in 1966 as a Marine. ... “When people see the helicopter leaving Saigon from the rooftop, that was April 30.

A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of ...

Civilian evacuees board a U.S. Marines helicopter inside the U.S. Embassy compound to be air-lifted out of Saigon ahead of approaching Communist troops on the last day of the Vietnam War on April ...

U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Blue Ridge push a helicopter into the sea off the coast of Vietnam in order to make room for more evacuation flights from Saigon on April 29, 1975.

In April 1967, Marine 2nd Lt. James Capers Jr. ignored his numerous bullet and shrapnel wounds to lead his nine-man team from 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company against an enemy ambush in South Vietnam.

The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 years later, veterans say they see its mistakes being repeated.