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50 years later, Baltimore Sun reporter recalls covering the final days of Vietnam War

U.S. bombs and other military equipment displayed at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. The city, Vietnam's most populous, was formerly known as Saigon under the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government.
Peter van der Sluijs, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0.
U.S. bombs and other military equipment displayed at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon under the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government.

A local reporter for the Baltimore Sun covered the fall of Saigon, now named Ho Chi Min City, 50 years ago. Skip Isaacs joins Midday to reflect on that day, and the lessons learned from the Vietnam War.

Isaacs wrote about his reflections in the final days of the war, where he witnessed the United State military's chaotic withdrawal from the South Vietnamese capital.

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