Image ID | 27712 |
Title | North Vietnamese troops run across the tarmac of Tan Son Nhat air base in Saigon |
Collection | Saigon |
Location | Saigon |
Date | Wednesday 30 April 1975 |
Image type | Black and white photograph |
Material form of image | Digital |
Source Format & Resolution | JPEG 96dpi |
sourceImage | Vietnam News Agency/REUTERS |
Note(s) | North Vietnamese troops run across the tarmac of Tan Son Nhat air base in Saigon as smoke billows behind abandoned U.S. Air Force transport planes April 30, 1975. The taking of Saigon marked the fall of the U.S.-backed south and the end to a decade of fighting.
From The Boston Globe (The Big Picture): "Vietnam, 35 years later".
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URL | http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/vietnam_35_years_later.html#photo44 |