Last U.S. Marines to leave Saigon describe chaos of war’s end

Fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975

Military Times

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — As the Marines scrambled to the roof of the U.S. Embassy, they locked a chain-link gate on every other floor to slow the throng of panicked Vietnamese civilians sure to come behind them. They knew if the crowd pushed through to the top, they could easily be overrun by hundreds of people desperate to get a seat on one of the last helicopters out of Saigon.

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3 United States Sailors

🙂 3 Sailors, waving.

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