Saigon's last stand: Remembering the fall that ended the Vietnam War 50 years on
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, the images of helicopters, chaos, and surrender still echo as symbols of the Vietnam War’s dramatic end.
A picture taken on April 30, 1975 in Saigon shows a tank of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) smashing in the gate of the South Vietnamese presidential palace, South Vietnamese government's last stronghold.(photo credit: VNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)Updated: