Unforgettable photos of the Vietnam War (2)

A US C-123 transport plane caught fire while running on the runway due to mortar fire from the liberation army during the Khe Sanh battle on March 1, 1968.< /div>

The bodies of victims murdered by American soldiers were piled up on the road leading to a village in My Lai village, Son My village, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai province on March 16, 1968. Within a few hours, 504 people, including many women and children, were murdered by American soldiers, becoming one of the darkest days of the US military.

People Southwest Saigon fled on May 7, 1968 after clashes with heavy weapons broke out between the liberation army and Saigon government soldiers.

An American helicopter landed on a hilltop in Dak To with rows of trees burned by artillery shells on August 3, 1968.

A Vietnamese woman faints in tears next to her husband’s body found in a mass grave with 47 other people near Hue in April 1969.

A US military Chinook transport helicopter prepares Hoisting another helicopter off a hilltop west of Chu Lai base on April 27, 1969. The small helicopter had engine problems and was tied up with cables to be hoisted away.

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Two children standing in front of what used to be their house about 3 miles from Saigon 65km northwest on June 14, 1969. The entire area was flattened by artillery shells from the Saigon government in an attempt to repel the liberation army.

Many Americans include veterans who served in participated in anti-war demonstrations at Capitol Hill in Washington on April 19, 1971.

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Former US Navy lieutenant John Kerry, then 27 years old, led the Veterans Association Vietnamese soldiers opposing the war received enthusiastic support before a hearing at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on April 22, 1971.

Many government soldiers Saigon followed children crying in panic, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc (middle), running on a road near Trang Bang Tay Ninh town after napalm bombs were dropped on suspected military rescue areas launched into hiding on June 8, 1972. A bomb fell on people’s houses. Phuc’s clothes were burned by the bomb. Phuc’s younger brother Phan Thanh Tam (left) was blinded in one eye by a bomb.

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A family evacuated together on Highway 13 from An Loc ward, Binh town Long Binh Phuoc province returned to Saigon on June 19, 1972.

Slightly injured civilians and soldiers tried to climb onto a plane. helicopter of the Saigon government to evacuate the An Loc area on June 25, 1972.

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Saigon government soldiers marching on a street in the city Quang Tri amid fierce fighting on July 28, 1972.

Saigon government police blindfolded a woman suspected of being a member of the military liberated and arrested on October 26, 1972. This person carried 15 grenades in the battle the night before in Da Nang.

American flag is lowered from the base at Long Binh, about 10 miles from Saigon Gon about 30km to the Northeast to hand over the base to the Saigon government army on November 11, 1972. At one time this was the largest US base in Vietnam with 60,000 troops in 1969.

Scene of the signing ceremony of the agreement to end the war in Vietnam on January 27, 2019 1973 with the participation of the United States, the provisional revolutionary government of South Vietnam, the Northern delegation and representatives of the Saigon government.

American soldiers happily celebrate rang when the C-141 plane carrying them left Hanoi to return home on March 28, 1973.

Saigon government police clashed with hundreds of anti-government protesters trying to march from the suburbs to the inner city on October 31, 1974.

Saigon government soldiers crowded onto a train to retreat from Thuan An beach near Hue after the liberation army fought continuously in March 1975 .

< div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center">Hundreds of evacuation vehicles of all types parked in an empty lot near Tuy Hoa town Phu Yen on March 23, 1975 after fleeing from Ban Me Thuot and other areas in the Central Highlands.

A father carries his children to evacuate from a village near Trang Bom Dong Nai on April 23, 1975.

Soldiers of the Saigon government and Western reporters ran to avoid bullets after mortar shells from the liberation army fell on Tan Cang Bridge on April 28, 1975.

During the general meeting of National Assembly of the Republic of Vietnam government on April 28, 1975 President Tran Van Huong was asked to hand over power to General Duong Van Minh in the last effort to find a way to negotiate with the liberation army.

Americans and Vietnamese poured towards a helicopter evacuating Saigon on April 29, 1975.

One The US Navy helicopter on the USS Blue Ridge was pushed into the sea to make room for more evacuees.

Line of people clinging to black on the stairs to the roof of a house near the US embassy in the hope of boarding an evacuation helicopter in time.

The tank of Liberation troops entered the Independence Palace on April 30, 1975, marking the official fall of the Saigon government.
 
Saigon people eagerly welcomed the liberation army on April 30, 1975.

Thanh Tung
According to < i>AP