Thats Another Fine Mess

THE FALL OF SAIGON - PART 7

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Aug 24, 2021
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The end arrives…

The most memorable moments of the evacuation occurred at the American Embassy in Saigon. By the time Prendergast and Burgess and the others from VF-51 flew over the city that morning, some 10,000 people were gathering around the embassy in hopes of finding a way out of the country, while around 2,500 evacuees were in the embassy and cons…

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