Looking Back: The Fall of South Vietnam (Part 10 of a Series)

Introduction

On April 29 it will be 40 years since South Vietnam fell to the Communist North Vietnamese.

For the past two weeks I have posted copies of stories I filed during those final days before Saigon became Ho Chi Minh City.

Today’s post is a story I filed April 28, just hours before Saigon fell to North Vietnamese troops. It was a strange day. A tangible pall hung over the city and you could sense the end was near. The story is in .PDF format.

April, 28 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- War victims walking through rubble after buildings were hit by a Vietcong missile in Saigon, South Vietnam. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/CORBIS — **April 28, 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam — War victims walking through rubble after buildings were hit by a Vietcong missile in Saigon, South Vietnam. — Image by © Nik Wheeler/CORBIS**

‘A time to wait for next rocket,’ Apr 28, 1975

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