Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - US Evacuation from Saigon

The last remaining US forces pulled out of Vietnam on April 30th 1975 as communist North Vietnamese troops took control of the country. Rebecca Kesby speaks to two US servicemen, Stu Herrington and Vern Jumper, who helped evacuate troops and Vietnamese civilians. They organised airlifts from the US embassy in Saigon to the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier waiting offshore.

(Photo: Soldiers and civilians rush to board a Marine helicopter during the evacuation of the US Embassy, 29 April 1975. Credit: Neal Ulevich/AP)

Published on Friday, 1st May 2015.

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