Last Days in Vietnam |
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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.
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Last Days in Vietnam |
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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.
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Last Days in Vietnam |
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As news spread that the Americans were leaving Saigon, thousands of South Vietnamese descended upon the U.S. Embassy, desperate for a chance to get out before the North Vietnamese arrived.
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Last Days in Vietnam |
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When a South Vietnamese helicopter was too large to land on the U.S. Navy ship, the USS Kirk , the family on board had to make a leap of faith.
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Last Days in Vietnam |
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Journalist Jim Laurie recalls the looting that took place after the last U.S. helicopters left the American Embassy in Saigon in April, 1975.
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Last Days in Vietnam |
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As North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon, eleven U.S. Marines found themselves on the roof of the American Embassy with no U.S. helicopters in sight.
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Last Days in Vietnam |
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Richard Armitage, Paul Jacobs and the U.S. Navy escorted the vessels of the Vietnamese Navy— filled with thousands of refugees—to the Philippines.
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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.
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The Forgotten Plague |
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As the scientific knowledge of tuberculosis progressed, the prejudice towards people with the disease eased.
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The Forgotten Plague |
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Starting in the 1840s, health-seekers fanned out across the United States in search for "the cure."
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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.
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The Forgotten Plague |
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Watch the opening scene of The Forgotten Plague .
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