April 30, 1975: The People’s Army of Vietnam and Việt Cộng capture the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, formally ending a twenty-year-long conflict.
1. South Vietnamese soldiers abandon their uniforms in an effort to protect themselves after the successful Communist invasion.
2. A CIA agent assists South Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air American helicopter during the fall of Saigon in April 1975.
3. Captured South Vietnamese soldiers sit on the lawn outside the presidential palace in Saigon.
4. Traffic snarls the streets of South Vietnam as citizens try to make their way to Saigon.
5. A soldier aims his gun as citizens climb the gates of the U.S. Embassy.
6. Celebrations mark the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, an event that ended the Vietnam War.
7. A Vietnamese man prays in front of a portrait of Ho Chi Minh after the fall of Saigon.