Kamis, 22 Februari 2018

Dispatches from Saigon

‘Old hacks’ return to their Saigon haunts for a last hurrah 35 years after the fall. On April 29, 1975, the end of the Vietnam War was at hand. Helicopters were hitting pickup sites around Saigon in what became the largest helicopter evacuation in history. Dutch photographer Hugh Van Es, working for United Press International …

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