40 Years Later: A Return To Vietnam
A series of stories on the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and Massachusetts’ unique connection to the war’s last days.
40 Years Later: A Return To Vietnam
For some, it’s the fall of Saigon -- the day a country was lost. For others, it’s Reunification Day -- the day a country was reclaimed. WBUR presents a series...
'A Return To Vietnam': Closing Thoughts
We close our special series from Vietnam with Bob Oakes' closing thoughts.
'The Door Is Closer To Being Closed': Marines Reflect On Their Return To Vietnam
Images of those final chaotic days of the war are seared into the soldiers' memories, and they each see reflections of their experiences in America's military involvement today in Iraq...
A Vietnamese Parade, And A Solemn U.S. Ceremony
It was a day of contrasts in Ho Chi Minh City -- the Reunification Day parade downtown, and a solemn ceremony honoring the last U.S. soldiers to die in the...
Photos: Vietnam's Vibrant Reunification Day Parade
Vietnam marked Reunification Day with a colorful and heavily policed parade through Ho Chi Minh City.
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40 Years After Saigon's Fall, Dorchester's Vietnamese Community Recalls Loss, Opportunity
Many of the thousands of refugees fleeing South Vietnam ended up in Boston, and in the past few decades a vibrant Vietnamese-American community has sprung up in Dorchester.
For Vietnamese, April 30 Is A Day Of Many Meanings
Reunification Day marks the day the last American troops left Vietnam. But what does April 30 mean to the Vietnamese? It very much depends on whom you ask.
Photos: Vietnam Readies For Reunification Day
In Vietnam, April 30 is Reunification Day, marking the day the last American troops left in 1975.
11 Days After Arriving, Woburn Marine Was Among Last To Die In The Vietnam War
Charlie McMahon’s life in Woburn revolved around the local Boys Club. He was just 21 when he was killed in a rocket attack by the North Vietnamese the day before...
How The Last 2 U.S. Service Members Killed On Vietnamese Soil Finally Made It Home
Nearly a year after they died, the remains of the last two U.S. service members killed in the Vietnam War were finally turned over, not to the White House or...
Back In Vietnam After 40 Years: 'We're Still Trying To Move On; They Already Have'
Two of the last U.S. Marines to leave Vietnam have returned for a ceremony honoring the last Marines to die. We get their thoughts on the changes.
Reporter's Notebook: Welcome To Vietnam
The first thing you notice in Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial center of Vietnam, is the traffic.
Among The Last To Leave, Mass. Marines Recall The Vietnam War's Chaotic Final Hours
On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, four Massachusetts Marines detail the final evacuation of U.S. troops.
Biographies: The Mass. Marines Among The Last To Leave The Vietnam War
Meet the four Massachusetts Marines.
'Saigon: The Final Hours' - A WBUR Documentary
On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, four Massachusetts Marines offer their account of the final evacuation of U.S. troops and South Vietnamese troops and civilians from the...
The Fight To Get The Vietnam War's 1st Casualty — A Mass. Vet — On The Memorial
The first person killed in the war was Air Force TSgt. Richard Fitzgibbon Jr., of Stoneham, who died in 1956. In order to get his name on the wall, the...
Series Introduction: 'A Return To Vietnam'
WBUR's Bob Oakes joins WBUR from Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the series -- and heightened security in Vietnam.