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The Vietnam War Ended Fifty Years Ago Today
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam in March 1965, few Americans recognized that they were entering a grueling war of attrition that would leave a lasting scar on American politics and society.
For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt
For some Americans, the war that effectively ended with the fall of Saigon 50 years ago Wednesday on April 30, 1975, continues to shape their lives. They include: A woman dedicated to recovering her father’s remains after the bomber he piloted disappeared over Vietnam’s Gulf of Tonkin.
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The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam.
I teach history in Connecticut ... Veterans groups insisted that the atomic bomb ended the war and saved 1 million American lives, and demanded the removal of photographs of the destruction ...
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Woody Holton, a professor of early American history at the University of South Carolina ... whose “The Fate of the Day” ...
Saigon, a Vietnamese father sits down for a conversation with his America-born daughter to share their family history.
A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this ...
American Revolution rang out in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, signaling a major milestone toward American independe ...
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