Fall von Saigon

Critics Group and Combine members attend Vietnam Victory celebration with Charge d'Affaires Lai Van Ngoc, April 1975.

Ex-VNAF UH-1 Hueys being transported by USS Midway from Thailand to Guam following the Fall of Saigon

Ex-VNAF A-37s on the deck of USS Midway being transported from Thailand to Guam

Map showing NVA movements around Saigon before 30 April 1975, the day South Vietnam fell.

Cabinet Meeting - April 16, 1975.

President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon, Oval Office, White House, Washington DC.

General Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh in 1975 Evacuation

General Nguyễn Xuân Thịnh in 1975 Evacuation

Former South Vietnamese and Cambodian Navy ships at Subic Bay, 31 May 1975. They are (l-r): Vietnamese ships: HQ-471, Dong Da II (07), Chi Lang II (08), Chi Linh (11); Cambodian Ships: P-112, E-312.

Luu Phu Tho (HQ-229), South Vietnamese Landing Ship, ex USS LSSL-101 tied up to Buoy #13, Subic Bay Naval Base, Philippine Islands, on 21 May 1975

Murpentraĵo bildiganta venkon de Nord-Vjetnamio en la Vjetnama milito en ekspozicio de la Muzeo de Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo. Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo, Vjetnamio.

Scope and content: This photograph was taken in the Oval Office of the White House. Pictured with President Ford are Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Graham Martin, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam; Army Chief of Staff General Frederick Weyand; and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. Gerald Ford has his back to the camera. Brent Scowcroft is partially obscured.

Surrender and acceptance letters by Giai phong's officer Bùi Văn Tùng, read by Duong Van Minh on April 30, 1975.

The air evacuation of siege-stricken Vietnamese from Saigon to the U.S. was conducted after the Babylift operation. Vietnamese militants and civilians await their C-141 journey during stopover. Utapo RTNAF, Thailand.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) transporting over 100 aircraft of the former Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) from Thailand to Guam following the Fall of Saigon.

Critics Group and Combine members attend Vietnam Victory celebration with Charge d'Affaires Lai Van Ngoc, April 1975.