Last Days in Vietnam |
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After the Fall of Saigon, Dam Pham and other South Vietnamese soldiers wondered what fate awaited them.
Last Days in Vietnam |
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News footage shows the panic permeating South Vietnam leading up to the Fall of Saigon in April, 1975.
Last Days in Vietnam |
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In 1975, Consul General Terry McNamara and Marine Consulate Guard Steve Hasty were in Can Tho, 78 miles southwest of Saigon.
Last Days in Vietnam |
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Explore photos taken during the American evacuation from Vietnam in 1975.
Last Days in Vietnam |
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American Experience partnered with StoryCorps to collect, preserve, and celebrate the stories of Vietnamese American refugees and Vietnam veterans.
The Forgotten Plague |
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By the dawn of the 19th century tuberculosis had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived.
The Forgotten Plague |
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Watch the opening scene of The Forgotten Plague .
The Forgotten Plague |
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Starting in the 1840s, health-seekers fanned out across the United States in search for "the cure."
The Forgotten Plague |
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As the scientific knowledge of tuberculosis progressed, the prejudice towards people with the disease eased.
The Forgotten Plague |
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As tuberculosis plagued the nation, towns like Los Angeles and Denver grew as health-seekers traveled west to climates that promised to cure.
The Forgotten Plague |
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The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce published a journal called The Land of Sunshine , filled with testimonials to the healing powers of the California climate. Read two testimonials here.
The Forgotten Plague |
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Shorter hemlines. Reclining chairs. Playgrounds. Explore some surprising outcomes of tuberculosis.
