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Malcolm W. Browne and Fox Butterfield head for the evacuation choppers, April 30, 1975. Photo credit: NY Times archives April 30, 1975:
The last American helicopters leave the U.S. Embassy as Saigon falls to North Vietnam forces.

Read Malcolm W. Browne's account of Saigon's last days