Vietnam Saigon Evacuation

Thousands of people try to escape from Saigon and scramble for places on the few boats and panic as they fight to leave. US Marines carry out a rescue mission for the people trapped in the US Embassy compound and take them to a US aircraft carrier waiting nearby.

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[vovlogshehe]

I'm a Vietnamese of the South, people ask where are you from? I say i'm from "Saigon" and they ask "So you're from Ho Chi Minh City", and i say "no, Saigon."

That says a lot ? I think so (:

[puppydogpretty245]

@Detspokar I'm Vietnamese. I live in Vietnam, and I hate the government cuz it's corrupted. That's what happen when a country only has 1 party. if one individual opposes the government, that person's life will be "in danger" for sure. the principle of communism is "equality", but look, it doesn't exist! the majority of Vietnamese people do want communism/ socialism or capitalism... actually, we don't really care

[efex2007]

the u.s. abandoned the people of saigon, as well they did in iraq and libya.

[womblewandering]

@VivaSandino10

America got beaten down like maggots.

. Despite all their advanced weapons, they simply were not good enough to beat the determined and well trained nva.

[eomer1967]

@vovlogshehe You are right: it's SAIGON !!!

I told that to an Air France's seller two years ago and she answered me "where is Saïgon ?". She was so stupid.

[Penguinz13989]

@vovlogshehe you have my respect

[GeistFright]

Wow. Just..whoah...

[heavenlybeast1]

@VivaSandino10 they also agreed not to invade the South once WE left. But once the big dog left the yard, what did the Cong do? Answer: Invade the South. So the South suffered the defeat, not the U.S. Also note that the so-called Communist Vietnam regime has embraced capitalism since. In the end, communism loses out and America remains the sole Super Power.

[heavenlybeast1]

@VivaSandino10 I beg to differ. The U.S. won all major battles against the North and, considering Russia and China was supplying the North, that's a big feat. The U.S. bombarded the North into submission whereby the North signed an agreement in '73 I do believe. The inferior Cong with all their tunnel hideouts and withdrawal into the jungle strategies where shown to be inferior on the battlefield. The Cong suffered over 1 million deaths/casualites

[1classicliberal]

@primate4 thats it you heard it right, the bummfuck obama administration no longer allows us to get our people out(like the Bush administrationm did. what a good man), they risked life and limb for the americans but this administration is going to cut and run and leave these poor saps to the wolves

and you tell me would you have sent those poor vietnamese back. to those wretched beasts

it will be mass slaughter on a scale that we havnt seen in awhile

[1classicliberal]

@primate many of those people worked with the americans and faced certain death

we offered a similar kind of deal to afghans who help us over there,some, who we knew we put in mortal danger if they stayed,we would offer legal residency in the US(like my dad's interpreter)

they found suspected his brother was working with the americans, broke into his house, and beat and knifed him to death in front of his wife and kids.that is the brutality they face

too bad Obama doesnt offer legal residency

[1classicliberal]

@VivaSandino10 maybe not the NVA ('cause they were too cowardly to engage)

but the failure of the tet offensive pretty much broke the back of the vietcong... they lost entire devisions