fall of Saigon

1975 capture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. 
Liberation of Saigon

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1975 battle, Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Operation Frequent Wind, Vietnam, Vietnam War, 

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1975-04-30T00:00:00Z

1975-04-30

1975-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base 1975

1975-04-29T00:00:00Z

Operation Frequent Wind 1975

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1975 events

Back row: Staff member, Maggie O’Murphy, Allen Ives, John Faulkner, Richard Humm, Ron Elliot, Allen Ritchie.Front;Dolores Keane, Tom Cobley, Lai Van Ngoc, Madame Ngoc, Sandra Kerr,, Rita from Medical Aid for Vietnam.

Boatloads of refugees from the Phan Rang area approach the USS Durham (LKA-114) for transfer to a safer area

Ex-VNAF A-37s on deck of USS Midway

Ex-VNAF Hueys on deck of USS Midway

Fall of Saigon map

Fall of South Vietnam, 1975

Fall of South Vietnam, 1975

Ford Kissinger Rockefeller

Former South Vietnamese and Cambodian Navy ships at Subic Bay, 31 May 1975

General Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh in 1975 Evacuation

General Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh in 1975 Evacuation (cropped)

Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo 2012-08-06 37

Luu Phu Tho (HQ-229), South Vietnamese Landing Ship, ex USS LSSL-101 at Subic Bay, May 1975

Photograph of President Gerald Ford Meeting with Brent Scowcroft, Graham Martin, General Frederick Weyand, and Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office to Discuss the Situation in Vietnam

Refugees from the Phan Rang area board the USS Durham (LKA-114) from small craft, to be transferred to a safer area

South China Sea - USS Durham (LKA-114) take Vietnamese refugees aboard a small craft (23123589306)

Surrender letter of Duong Van Minh

USS Midway transporting ex-VNAF aircraft from Thailand to Guam

• Cabinet Meeting - April 16, 1975(Gerald Ford Library)(1553029) (Wikimedia)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
conflict	1975	Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base	bombardment		Wikidata
conflict	1975	Operation Frequent Wind	military operation, evacuation		Wikidata
document		Cabinet Meeting - April 16, 1975(Gerald Ford Library)(1553029)			Wikimedia
image	2021	1970s decade montage			Wikimedia
image	2010	1970s decade montage			Wikimedia
image	2024	1975 Events montage 16-grid version			Wikimedia
image	2023	1975 events			Wikimedia
image	2016	Back row: Staff member, Maggie O’Murphy, Allen Ives, John Faulkner, Richard Humm, Ron Elliot, Allen Ritchie.Front;Dolores Keane, Tom Cobley, Lai Van Ngoc, Madame Ngoc, Sandra Kerr,, Rita from Medical Aid for Vietnam.			Wikimedia
image	1975	Boatloads of refugees from the Phan Rang area approach the USS Durham (LKA-114) for transfer to a safer area			Wikimedia
image	1975	Ex-VNAF A-37s on deck of USS Midway			Wikimedia
image	1975	Ex-VNAF Hueys on deck of USS Midway			Wikimedia
image	2017	Fall of Saigon map			Wikimedia
image		Fall of South Vietnam, 1975			Wikimedia
image		Fall of South Vietnam, 1975			Wikimedia
image		Ford Kissinger Rockefeller			Wikimedia
image	1975	Former South Vietnamese and Cambodian Navy ships at Subic Bay, 31 May 1975			Wikimedia
image	1975	General Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh in 1975 Evacuation			Wikimedia
image	1975	General Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh in 1975 Evacuation (cropped)			Wikimedia
image	2012	Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo 2012-08-06 37			Wikimedia
image	1975	Luu Phu Tho (HQ-229), South Vietnamese Landing Ship, ex USS LSSL-101 at Subic Bay, May 1975			Wikimedia
image		Photograph of President Gerald Ford Meeting with Brent Scowcroft, Graham Martin, General Frederick Weyand, and Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office to Discuss the Situation in Vietnam			Wikimedia
image	1975	Refugees from the Phan Rang area board the USS Durham (LKA-114) from small craft, to be transferred to a safer area			Wikimedia
image		South China Sea - USS Durham (LKA-114) take Vietnamese refugees aboard a small craft (23123589306)			Wikimedia
image	2008	Surrender letter of Duong Van Minh			Wikimedia
image	1975	USS Midway transporting ex-VNAF aircraft from Thailand to Guam			Wikimedia

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