Fall of Saigon, 50 Years On

The disaster of the Vietnam War cast a long shadow.
Fall of Saigon, 50 Years On
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Jon Gabriel
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Fifty years ago, on April 30, Americans were glued to their television sets. Flickering screens showed frightened civilians pushing their way up a rickety rooftop stairway, desperately trying to climb aboard one of the last departing helicopters.

Jon Gabriel
Jon Gabriel
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Jon C. Gabriel has been published in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Discourse Magazine, and National Review. His historical novel, “Sink the Rising Sun,” was released last year.