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Apr. 29, 1975: An Air America helicopter crewman helps evacuees up the ladder on top of a Saigon Building to ferry evcuaees to US Navy ships off South Vietnam’s coast (UPI photo by Van Es)THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO, Frank Snepp was in Saigon desperately trying to convince his bosses and Washington that U.S. officials were falling into a communist trap. As t… Read more

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