April 29–30, 1975 · South Vietnam Theater
April 29–30, 1975
Two years after the Paris Peace Accords and two years after the last US combat troops left, North Vietnam launched its final offensive. South Vietnamese defenses collapsed within weeks. The US Embassy was evacuated by helicopter from the rooftop in chaotic scenes broadcast worldwide — South Vietnamese civilians desperately attempting to board the last helicopters, abandoned allies clinging to skids. NVA tanks crashed through the gates of the Presidential Palace on April 30th.
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