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For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt
The Vietnam War that ended after the fall of Saigon 50 years ago greatly impacted U.S. society. For some Americans, it still ...
'We want to trade': Vietnam's future caught between the US and China again
But that is a risky ambition during US President Donald Trump's trade war – it's partly why he is threatening a 46% levy ...
50 years after the war, Vietnam looks to the future
Fifty years after a North Vietnamese tank came crashing through the front gate of Saigon's presidential palace and brought an ...
Trump Administration Eases Ban for U.S. Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary
The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On ...
The legacy of a Vietnam War hero scrubbed from a government webpage remains strong in the southernmost part of Texas
While the contributions of US Marine Corps Sgt. Alfredo “Freddy” González may have been removed from some digital realms, ...
Scars, secrets and memories: 50 years after the end of the Vietnam War
For many of the Vietnamese people who settled in the U.S. after the war’s end, its anniversary marks a complex turning point: ...
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, ...
From bombs to Starbucks, US veteran remembers end of Vietnam War 50 years on
As a young U.S. intelligence analyst in Saigon during the Vietnam War, Chuck Searcy never thought that 50 years later he ...
Vietnam War pilot reflects on rescue helicopter evacuations during the fall of Saigon
On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...