After the shelling of Tan Son Nhut Airport by North Vietnamese troops, the U.S. Ambassador was left with only one evacuation option—a helicopter evacuation.Â
South Vietnamese veteran Dam Pham and U.S. Army veteran Stuart Herrington describe the chaos at the U.S. Embassy during their final days in Saigon.
After the Fall of Saigon, Dam Pham and other South Vietnamese soldiers wondered what fate awaited them.
News footage shows the panic permeating South Vietnam leading up to the Fall of Saigon in April, 1975.
In 1975, Consul General Terry McNamara and Marine Consulate Guard Steve Hasty were in Can Tho, 78 miles southwest of Saigon.
