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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:

The scramble to escape at the US embassy


North Vietnamese troops march into Saigon


The last evacuation of US troops


NVA tanks smash through the palace gates


Triumphant soldiers raise the flag


Burning truck


South Vietnamese uniforms lie discarded in the street



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