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Tuesday, 25 April, 2000, 13:53 GMT 14:53 UK
In pictures: Fall of Saigon
America's involvement in Vietnam came to an end on 30 April 1975 when the last marines were evacuated from the embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the Independence Palace. These are pictures from those final hours:
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