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40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

U.S. sailors transfer a South Vietnamese boy from the U.S. command ship Blue Ridge to a merchant vessel off the South Vietnam coast during evacuations on May 1, 1975.

U.S. sailors transfer a South Vietnamese boy from the U.S. command ship Blue Ridge to a merchant vessel off the South Vietnam coast during evacuations on May 1, 1975.

  (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

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Fall of Saigon

South Vietnamese civilians desperate to get aboard evacuation flights try to scale the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon on the day the city fell, April 30, 1975.

  (Neal Ulevich / Associated Press)

Fall of Saigon

On April 28, 1975, South Vietnamese troops and Western television reporters run for cover as a North Vietnamese mortar round explodes on Newport Bridge on the outskirts of Saigon.   (Hoanh / Associated Press)

Fall of Saigon

On April 4, 1975, young demonstrators toss sticks and rocks at South Vietnamese riot police in Saigon in a brief confrontation after a rally sponsored by the mainly Catholic anti-corruption movement.   (Lo Vinh / Associated Press)

Fall of Da Nang

Refugees are lifted by cargo net from a barge onto the U.S. ship Pioneer Contender for evacuation from the fallen city of Da Nang, Vietnam. It took eight hours to load some 6,000 refugees aboard the ship.   (Peter O’Loughlin / Associated Press)

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