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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Rising and Valerie Komor

As communist troops streamed into Saigon, a few remaining reporters kept photos and stories flowing

Vietnam War Anniversary Final Day in Saigon - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter on the roof of the embassy to be whisked away from Saigon.

So when the reporters who had stayed behind heard the telltale squeak of the rubber sandals worn by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in the stairs outside The Associated Press office, they weren’t surprised, and braced themselves for possible detention or arrest.

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