Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Fall Of Saigon April 30, 1975: 39th Remembrance

 Description of Injured Vietnamese receive aid as they lie on the street after a bomb explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, March 30, 1965. Smoke rises from wreckage in the background. At least two Americans and several Vietnamese were killed in the bombing. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)

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  1. AnonymousApril 30, 2014 at 10:40 AM

    Next year will mark 40 years. My wife is Vietnamese. I will see if I can get her to post later today. She was there in Saigon when it fell on 4-30-1975.

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    1. Brock TownsendApril 30, 2014 at 10:50 AM

      Thanks and we left the 25th.

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    2. AnonymousApril 30, 2014 at 6:26 PM

      thanks for the site. arrived at Vung Tau aboard a lcm landing craft South Viet Nam July 1965. 49 years ago. time sure flies

      Good friend. Big Red One.

      WiscoDave

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  2. DallashongApril 30, 2014 at 8:40 PM

    Hi my name is Hong. I was in Saigon that fateful day in 1975. I was busy all day going around on my motorbike trying to help friends who either had worked for the South Vietnamese gov't or the Americans. I saw a lot dead bodies on the streets. I don't know how they died.
    Late in the afternoon a truck carrying Viet Cong came into my neighborhood. Someone had given out red armbands and Viet Cong flags. A lot of people stood by the street and cheered the Viet Cong kissing their ass. But not my family.
    I tell you now if you live under Communist you will not like it.

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    1. Brock TownsendApril 30, 2014 at 8:46 PM

      Thanks and I spent 8 years there. If you click on the FNC link above, some of the links that show up are from my NamSouth site and there is a lot about your country at Memories Of The Republic Of South Vietnam that you might enjoy. Where do you live now?

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  3. DallashongApril 30, 2014 at 9:10 PM

    I live in Dallas, Texas.

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    1. Brock TownsendApril 30, 2014 at 10:32 PM

      As soon as I hit reply, I glanced at your pen name and realized that you must live in Dallas. :)

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