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40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon
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fall of Saigon Transcript of helicopter radio transmissions during the fall of Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam).

40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon

On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces occupied the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon.
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On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces occupied the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, concluding a three-decade conflict that had claimed more than three million lives.

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