The capital of the Republic of South Vietnam (RVN); Saigon.
The last combat troops of the United States were pulled out of South Vietnam on 29 March 1973. 8,500 American civilians, embassy guards, and defense office soldiers remained in Saigon. The largest helicopter evacuation in history occured on 29 April 1975 when 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese were evacuated from the US Embassy in Saigon. Saigon fell the following day to the North Vietnamese troops.
April 30th 1975
The fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam war and signified a start of the Communist ruling in Vietnam.
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No, Lyndon B. Johnson was not the President of the United States when Saigon fell. The fall of Saigon occurred on April 30, 1975, during the presidency of Gerald Ford. Johnson served as the President from 1963 to 1969.
Some were stationed in Saigon, the remaining men were aboard US naval vessels offshore.
Saigon, South Vietnam, fell in 1975. Saigon is now called Ho Chi Minh City.
President Ford had to send in US Marines and US Sailors to help evacuate Saigon in April 1975.
Well if I could sum it up, It's when in 1975, Saigon fell.
US President Ford was Commander in Chief during these operations.
The capital of South Vietnam , Saigon , fell to the communists April 30th 1975 .
Nguyen Van Thieu was the President of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. He resigned days before Saigon fell, and the communists won the war.
When President Ford ordered the US Embassy in Saigon evacuated in April 1975.
When Saigon fell in '75.