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Former NPR foreign editor recounts the fall of Saigon 50 years ago
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A Vietcong tank takes up a position in front of the presidential palace of the US-backed Southern Vietnamese regime on April 30, 1975, in Saigon on the day that the city fell to communist troops. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Saigon, The Last Day
In April 1975, the Vietnam War came to a turbulent close as North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon.
April 30 of this year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, which was formerly known as Saigon. American forces rushed to evacuate the last of personnel from the U.S embassy rooftop by helicopter as North Vietnamese troops advanced into Saigon.
Among the foreign journalists who witnessed the collapse of the city was Loren Jenkins, who was a reporter for Newsweek at the time, documenting the final hours of the U.S. presence in Vietnam.
Jenkins, who would eventually become NPR's foreign editor, told Morning Editionhow he thought the Vietnam War was horrible for all parties involved.