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01 Sep 1969, Saigon, Vietnam --- Saigon: President Nguyen Van Thieu (third from left,front row) introduces his new 31-member cabinet on the steps of the Presidential Palacehere. Thieu said the membership was selected with an eye to broadening the government'spopularity with the nation's 17,500,000 people. Flanking Thieu are Vice President NguyenCao Ky (left) and new Premier, Gen. Tran Thien Khiem. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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02 Jan 1969, Dong Ha, South Vietnam --- Special Delivery. Dong Ha, South Vietnam: Men

in a U.S. 3rd Marine Division contingent fire howitzers near the Laotian border as amassive offensive is launched by some 5,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops. Thetroops were staging a drive against the are near the abandoned allied fortress of Khe Sanh.They were searching for North Vietnamese regulars. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

08 Jun 1969, Midway Islands --- President Richard Nixon of the U.S. and PresidentNgygen Van Thieu of South Vietnam make joint statement to press on Midway Island June8th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

08 Nov 1969, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam --- Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam: South VietnamesePresident Nguyen Van Thieu attends National Day ceremonies at a military cemetery nearBien Hoa. In most photos Thieu (wearing dark grey suit) is accompanied by Vice PresidentCao Ky, who is wearing a Nehru jacket. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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08 Nov 1969, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam --- Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam: South VietnamesePresident Nguyen Van Thieu attends National Day ceremonies at a military cemetery nearBien Hoa. In most photos Thieu (wearing dark grey suit) is accompanied by Vice PresidentCao Ky, who is wearing a Nehru jacket. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

17 Oct 1969, Saigon, Vietnam --- Saigon: The 11th Armored Cavalry armored personnelcarriers and tanks sweep into rubber plantation area at Loc Ninh and Quan Loi October17th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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14 Dec 1969, Nha Trang, South Vietnam --- Nha Trang, South Vietnam: In an open airclassroom, a student is instructed in the firing of a machine gun at the NCO Combat Schoolat Nha Trang, 250 miles northeast of Saigon. Up to 4,000 students undergo a nine weekcourse to become noncommissioned officers. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

14 Dec 1969, South Vietnam --- A karate (or judo) class at South Vietnam MilitaryAcademy, a new four year school instituted by a decree from then President Ky in 1966.The school is run along the lines of West Point, and places much emphasis on moralleadership and education as military training. The school motto is "To master oneself forleadership." --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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15 Oct 1969, Hue, South Vietnam --- Hue, South Vietnam: South Vietnamese presidentNguyen Van Thieu speaks at a mass funeral for 250 people killed by the Viet Cong in the1968 Tet offensive. Their bodies were found only a few days ago. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

15 Oct 1969, Hue, South Vietnam --- Rows of coffins of victims of the 1968 Tet Viet Congoffensive. Bereaved relatives mourn their dead during mass funeral of 250 persons killedby Viet cong. Funeral was held October 1969 as bodies were only recently discovered. ---

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17 Oct 1969, Saigon, Vietnam --- Saigon: Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry go out onfoot patrols after getting their vehicles into position here in a plantation area near Loc Ninhand Quan Loi October 17th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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20 Sep 1969, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Tran Thiem Khiem, recently appointed PrimeMinister of South Vietnam by President Thieu, speaks in Saigon, September 20th. ---

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30 Jul 1969, Saigon, S. Vietnam --- Saigon, S. Vietnam: President Richard Nixon andSouth Vietnamese President Hguyen Van Thieu give speeches during Presidential Palacewelcome for the visiting U.S. Chief Executive. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

30 Jul 1969, Saigon, S. Vietnam --- Saigon, S. Vietnam: President Richard Nixon andSouth Vietnamese President Hguyen Van Thieu give speeches during Presidential Palacewelcome for the visiting U.S. Chief Executive. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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1969 (CL-R) President Richard M. Nixon, Thieu Ky along with other dignitaries includingHenry Kissinger and Ellsworth Bunker standing at microphones during visit to SouthVietnam

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1969 (R-L) President Richard Nixon and Thieu Ky reviewing South Vietnamese naval

personnel during Nixon's visit.

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20 Sep 1969, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Tran Thiem Khiem, recently appointed PrimeMinister of South Vietnam by President Thieu, speaks in Saigon, September 20th. ---Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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SV Trng V B Quc Gia Lt, ni o to s quan chuyn nghip ca VNCH theo mhnh trng S Quan Lc qun West Point ca Hoa K . 14 Dec 1969, Nha Trang, SouthVietnam --- Nha Trang, South Vietnam: Soldiers attending open air sessions, here outdoorsin uniforms. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

Lt 14-12-1969, L tt nghip ca 92 SV Kha u tin (1966)14 Dec 1969, Nha Trang, South Vietnam --- Nha Trang, South Vietnam:Cadets march withcolors on graduation day at South Vietnam's Military academy in Dalat. Modeled along thelines of West Point, 92 cadets received their commissions. They were the first group tocomplete the four year course instituted by a decree from then president Nguyen Cao Ky in1966. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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26 Sep 1969, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Funeral For Ho. Hanoi: Some North Vietnamese

leaders gather around the body of President Ho Chi Minh during a state funeral here. Thispicture was released in Cambodia. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

17 Oct 1969, Saigon, Vietnam --- Saigon: The 11th Armored Cavalry armored personnelcarriers and tanks sweep into rubber plantation area at Loc Ninh and Quan Loi October17th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

01 Jan 1970, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, Vietnam: Vice presidents Spiro T. Agnewof the U. S. and Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam inspect the honor guard for Agnew onhis arrival at the presidential Palace. Agnew went immediately to the palace where he

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conferred with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

11 Mar 1970, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Vietnam's first lady, Mme. Nguyen Van Thieu,fidgets with a notebook as she discusses the contrast between herself and the one time firstlady of Vietnam, Mme, Ngo Dinh Nhu. Mme. Thieu says she does not advise her husbandon affairs of state. "His interest in politics and mine is social welfare, I can help him mostthis way," she says. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

19 Jun 1970, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, South Vietnam: Review Parade. SouthVietnam Vice Pres. Nguyen Cao Ky renders hand salute as he and Pres.. Nguyen Van

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Thieu preside over a muscle-flexing Armed Forces Day Parade, nation's first in four years,here June 19th. In an address, Thieu declared "we are forced to keep on fighting for self-defense and to help restore peace rapidly in this beloved land of ours." --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

15 Sep 1970, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, South Vietnam: Left to right, Chairman ofLower House Nguyen Ba Luong, President Nguyen van Thieu, Prime Minister Tran ThienKhiem, and Madame Khiem. September 15, 1970. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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07 Apr 1971, Dong Ha, South Vietnam --- Addresses Troops. Dong Ha, South Vietnam:South Vietnam Pres. Nguyen Van Thieu addresses troops, March 31, who took part inrecent operation Lam Som 719 incussion into Laos. Thieu came to this Vietnamese base,10 miles below the DMZ, to present medals to soldiers who participated in the operation.--- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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October 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, South Vietnam: President Nguyen VanThieu of South Vietnam giving a campaign address.

15 Oct 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Reagan Confers with Thieu. Saigon, South

Vietnam: Ronald Reagan of California, who is touring Asia as President Nixon's emissary,confers with South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu, October 15. Reagan told anews conference that he brought Thieu a message from the chief executive saying therewould be "no change in the course of policy of our nation" toward South Vietnam. ---Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

31 Oct 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Swears Himself In. Sag ion: South VietnamesePresident raises his hand as he swears himself in a for a second four year term here,October 31st. The ceremony was witnessed by a handpicked crowd of 5,000 persons. ---Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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31 Oct 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Second Inaugural. Saigon, South Vietnam: SouthVietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu lights a ceremonial flame at his inauguration

here, October 31. Under massive security precautions, Thieu began his second four-yearterm as president. Representatives of thirty countries attended the ceremony. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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31 Oct 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieuleaves platform after taking oath of office for another four-year term, October 31. He isfollowed by Prime Minister Tran Thiem Khiem (L) and Vice President Tran Van Huong.

Seated at right are Justices of the Supreme Court. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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29 Aug 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Election Day. Saigon, South Vietnam: There arean awful lot of motorcycles in Vietnam, and a great many of them were parked in front of apolling place (August 29) when the capital city's citizens turned out to vote for a new lowerhouse. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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24 Jan 1971, Saigon, South Vietnam --- 1/24/1971-Saigon, Vietnam- Spectacular blazelooms in background as a Vietnamese woman is comforted by a companion and a youth(background) hastily stacks wicker baskets for removal. The blaze, the cause of which wasnot determined, erupted 1/24 in huge market area of fruit stands and vegetable stalls alongthe Saigon River. Fires are much feared here, as many of the houses and buildings are builtclose together and are constructed of straw, paper, light wood and other materials whichhave a propensity for burning quickly and easily. Filed 2/3/1971..

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03 May 1972, Hue, South Vietnam --- Hue, South Vietnam. A regiment of SouthVietnamese Marines pulling back from Quang tri are shown at My Chanh along Route #1en route to Hue. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

05 Aug 1972, Highway 13, South Vietnam --- 8/5/1972-Highway 13, South Vietnam: Amilitary ambulance races north on Highway 13, passing the grave of an unknown ARVNsoldier whose shirt is draped over a cross, some nine miles north of An Loo.. On August 3,ARVN forces captured a key bunker that has kept the highway shut to An Loc for fourmonths. A military spokesman said the highway to An Loc is expected to be reopened byAugust 9. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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05 Nov 1972, Saigon, South Vietnam --- South Viets Support Thieu. Saigon, So. Vietnam:A huge crowd of about 10,000 persons jams Saigon's downtown section to show supportfor President Nguyen Van Thieu and demand that there be no coalition government. ---Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

09 Apr 1972, Lai Kha, South Vietnam --- A column of ARVN paratroopers trudges alongHighway 13 here in this photo, en route to reinforce besieged South Vietnamese forces atAn Loc, district capital of Binh Long Province, some 60 miles north of Saigon. Attemptingto head off a threat to Saigon, the Thieu government April 9th switched the full 21stDivision from normal operations in the U Ming Forest to An Loc, where fighting seems tobe centered. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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10 Apr 1972, Lai Khe, South Vietnam --- South Vietnamese soldiers string barbed wirealong road as armored personnel carriers, of elite South Vietnamese paratrooper division,move along Highway 13 toward embattled city of An Loc, some 60-miles north of Saigon.U.S. Major General James F. Hollingsworth, senior military advisor in eleven province areasurrounding Saigon, reported the Communist thrust down Highway 13 toward Saigon hadbeen halted. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

10 Apr 1972, Lai Khe, South Vietnam --- Holding Their Own. South Vietnamese soldiers

string barbed wire along road as armored personnel carriers, of elite South Vietnameseparatrooper division, move along Highway 13 toward embattled city of An Loe some 60-miles north of Saigon here April 10. U.S. Maj. Gen.. James F. Hollingsworth, seniormilitary advisor in 11 province area surrounding Saigon, reported the Communist thrustdown Highway 13 toward Saigon had been halted.

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17-12-72 TT Nguyn Vn Thiu c din vn trc phin hp lng vin Quc hi12 Dec 1972, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, South Vietnam: In a speech to a jointsession of the National Assembly, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu spellsout his position toward a cease-fire. Thieu spells out his position toward a cease-fire. Thieuindicated he is rejecting the cease-fire as it now stands. However, he said he will accept atemporary Christmas Truce and to show his good will he will release more than 1,000North Vietnamese prisoners of war. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

13 Jun 1972, Lai Khe, South Vietnam --- 6/13/1972-Lai Khe, South Vietnam: Line ofHelicopters of the U.S. First Air Cavalry Division land in formation at Lai Khe to pick uptroops of the South Vietnamese Second Division and bring them to An Loc. --- Image by

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14 Apr 1972, Chon Thanh, South Vietnam --- Chon Thanh, South Vietnam: With hisbandaged arm in a sling, a South Vietnamese soldier walks down Highway 13 to an aidstation after he was wounded in fighting with North Vietnam forces, April 14, north ofChon Thanh

14-4-1972 Chn Thnh: binh s thuc binh chng Nhy D c vn chuyn nhanh n bip trc thng chi vin cho An Lc14 Apr 1972, Chon Thanh, Vietnam --- 4/14/1972-Chon Thanh, Vietnam: ARVNparatroopers, members of Saigon's elite Presidential Palace guard, speed down the highway

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on a truck toward the landing zone in the outskirts of Chon Thanh. They were part of anarmored relief column spearheading drive up Highway 13 towards embattled provincialcapital of An Loc, which North Vietnamese forces hope to capture and make a provisionalcapital for the Viet Cong, but had been stalled some 18 miles below the town by intenseCommunist artillery and mortar fire. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

16-4-1972 - Lai Kh: binh s VNCH ch trc thng n An Lc16 Apr 1972, An Loc, South Vietnam --- An Loc, South Vietnam: Vietnam helicopters.ARVN airborne troops await helicopter at landing strip.

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17 Jan 1972 --- U.S.Senator James L.Buckley (L), R-N.Y., confers briefly with SouthVietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at the Presidential Palace late 1/17. The juniorSenator told newsmen after the meeting with Thieu that Asian leaders appeared uncertainof United States foreign policy design in the Western Pacific. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

17 May 1972, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Vice President Spiro T.Agnew (R) talks withPres.Nguyen Van Thieu in Independence Palace here May 17th following his arrival for a

short, secrecy-shrouded visit with top South Vietnamese and American officials in the warzone. Agnew's trip to Saigon served the purposes both of showing American determinationto aid South Vietnam and of gathering information for Pres.Nixon before Nixon's trip toMoscow beginning May 20th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

17 Aug 1972, Saigon, South Vietnam --- 8/17/1972-Saigon, South Vietnam- SouthVietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu makes a point during a meeting with U.S.presidential advisor Henry Kissinger at Independence Palace. Earlier in the day Kissinger

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19 Apr 1973, An Loc, South Vietnam --- Plaything... A Communist tank is a plaything forchildren at An Loc April 10th. Some of the children are really serious about playing "war."--- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

Saigon, South Vietnam --- SAIGON-5/24/ 72-: An M-41 tank is unloaded from C-5A cargoplane at Tan Son Nhut Airbase here 5/23. The plane carried three tanks, which will be usedin the defense of Saigon. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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26 Apr 1972, Kontum City, South Vietnam --- South Vietnamese soldiers man theirweapons in a sandbag bunker built in the middle of the street in Kontum city. The CentralHighlands town is being threatened by a large force of N orth Vietnamese troops. --- Imageby Bettmann/CORBIS

27 Jan 1973, Along Highway One, Vietnam --- Along Highway One, Vietnam: With thecease-fire taking effect within a few hours, this pensive ARVN soldier wears a helmetdecorated with a miniature U.S> Flag as an expression of solidarity with his soon to be"former" allies. He's helping guard refugees who fled Communist-held hamlet of Gia Loc,along Highway One and some 25 miles Northwest of Saigon. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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29 Apr 1972, Highway 13, South Vietnam --- Highway 13, South Vietnam: A SouthVietnamese soldier points to a skyraider making a bombing run along Highway 13, four

miles south of Chon Thanh.. In background, one of the bombs explodes. The ARVN troopsare manning a 105-mm. artillery piece which they had been firing directly into Communistpositions. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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30 Apr 1972, Hue, South Vietnam --- Hue, S. Vietnam: Refugees from Quang Tri

climb into small boats on river near here to escape from the Communist invasion.

They are joined by deserting members of the ARVN Division. --- Image by

Bettmann/CORBIS

30-12-1972 - Ch tch Mao tip Nguyn Th Bnh, b trng ngoi giao ca "Chnh phCch mng Lm thi Cng ha Min Nam Vit Nam" (Vit Cng)30 Dec 1972, Beijing, China --- Chairman Mao Meets Foreign Minister Nguyen Thi Binh.Peking, China: Chinese chairman Mao Tse-Tung with South Vietnamese minister of

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foreign affairs Nguyen Thi Binh of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of theRepublic of South Vietnam in Peking's Chungnanhai. Present on the occasion wereAmbassador of the Republic of South Vietnam to China Nguyen Van Quang, Chinesepremier Chou En-lai, Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei and comrades Liang Feng, Wang Teh-yang, and Tang Wen-sheng. Chairman Mao shakes hands with Ambassador Nguyen VanQuang. Looking on is the Viet Cong foreign minister Nguyen Thi Binh. --- Image by

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03 May 1972, Hue, South Vietnam --- Hue, South Vietnam. A regiment of South

Vietnamese Marines pulling back from Quang tri are shown at My Chanh along Route #1en route to Hue

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Saigon, South Vietnam --- SAIGON: A U.S.. Army jeep with a machine gun mounted on itstop in traffic on the outskirts of Saigon Feb. 20. A young lady pulls up alongside withouteven a by-your-leave or glance at the strange street scene--or what would normally be astrange scene in most parts of the world. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, S. Vietnam: Escorted by some government troopers, anoverly loaded mini-bus evacuates refugees and their belongings from Que Son districttown, 25 miles southwest of Da Nang 8/3.. Government troops from the 3rd Infantrydivision recaptured the villages surrounding the town 8/2 but villagers still move out to DaNang for their safety. 8/3/1974

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16-4-1972 - Hnh lang Trung Hc Bnh Long nhng ngy u cuc chin An Lc16 Apr 1972, An Loc, Vietnam --- Victims of Battle for an Loc. An Loc: Bodies of ARVNsoldiers lay where they were slain April 14, during intense battle for this provincial capitalsome 65 miles north of Saigon. North Vietnamese troops have vowed to capture the town

and make it a provisional capital for the Viet Cong.

06 Apr 1972, Quang Tri City, South Vietnam --- 4/6/1972-Quang Tri City, South Vietnam-Dead North Vietnamese soldiers are lined up beside road as refugees from Quang Tri CityCity flee from fighting, 4/5, five miles south of Quang Tri.

17 May 1972, Haiphong, North Vietnam --- A US jet bombs warehouses and shippingareas in Hiaphong, Vietnam.

05 May 1972, Hue, South Vietnam --- Hue, South Vietnam troopers search a truck loadedwith fleeing refugees, ostensibly looking for deserting military defenders of the old

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Imperial capital. Hue seems to have settled back into a semblance of order following thearrival of a new military commander for the region. The mood in Hue now seems to be oneof quiet expectation mixed with very cautious optimism, and most of the refugees havealready fled. leaving Hue to resemble a ghost town. -

October 1967, Saigon, South Vietnam --- 10/1967-Saigon, South Vietnam- Photo showstwo of the many motor scooters in use on this Saigon street

General Ngo Quang Truong

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18 May 1972, Hue, South Vietnam --- Inspection. Hue, Vietnam: Newly installedCommanding General of the South Vietnamese forces defending Hue, Lt. Gen. Ngo QuangTruong, inspects soldier's weapons as U..S. advisor Maj. Gen. Frederick Kroesen looks onhere May 17th. Some 900 government troops of 2nd Division were airlifted into artillerybase Rakkasan, 15 miles West of Hue, to form what commanders called a "circle of steel"to protect the once imperial capital.

03 Apr 1972, Quang Tri, South Vietnam --- 4/3/1972-Quang Tri, South Vietnam- Refugeesfleeing fighting pass South Vietnamese military personel carrier, heading north in an effort

to stop a Communist breakthrough at the demilitarized zone (DMZ). The US commandsays, navy and airforce fighterbombers made a total of 13 "protective reaction strikes" intoNorth Vietnam near the DMZ April 3 and 4. -

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10 Apr 1972, Quang Tri, South Vietnam --- 4/10/1972-Quang Tri, South Vietnam-Peoplemove out any way they can as they leave the area of Quang Tri City April 3rd. Quang Triresidents fled in the face of a major North Vietnamese offensive in the area.. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

29 Jul 1972, Quang Tri City, South Vietnam --- 7/29/1972-Quang Tri City, South Vietnam:A U.S. Phantom Jet Fighter drops napalm on a North Vietnamese stronghold in Quang TriCity. Fighting in and around the city was reported light 7/30 with five North Vietnamesekilled in the only reported skirmish. South of the city, paratroopers cleared out manyCommunists threatening to close Highway 1, and opened the road to normal traffic for thefirst time in more than a week

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Highway One, South Vietnam : Carrying their possessions, and in some cases, their

children, refugees from the besieged Quang Tri province in South Vietnam walk alongHighway 1 toward Hue City April 3rd. Communist troops outflanked Vietnamese defenselines and captured a key outpost 18 miles west of Hue April 4th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

10 Apr 1972, Quang Tri, South Vietnam --- 4/10/1972-Quang Tri, South Vietnam- Theseare some of the people who flee from Quang Tri April 3rd as North Vietnamese forceslaunch a major attack along the demilitarized zone. Hundreds of U. S. Air Force and Navy

fighter-bombers struck for the second day at North Vietnamese troop concentrations April7th. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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Trung tng Ng Quang Trng, t lnh Vng 1 Chin Thut (very proud)12 Aug 1972, Da Nang, South Vietnam --- Medal For GI. Da Nang, South Vietnam: SouthVietnamese Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Truong, commander of the First Regional Command, pinsmedal on a soldier of the Third Battalion, 21st Infantry, the last U.S. combat unit inVietnam, during the unit's deactivation ceremony at Da Nang August 12. Looking on is thebattalion commander, Lt. Col. Rocco Negris (L). --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

11 Dec 1972, Da Nang, South Vietnam --- Da Nag, South Vietnam: South Vietnameseyoungsters in an orphanage-refugee camp here seem to be enjoying themselves as they takeon adult responsibilities- washing clothes-amid the atmosphere of war.. They are among thehundreds of thousands of children left homeless and without parents in this war-torn,embattled country. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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1 Aug 1972, Thang Binh, South Vietnam --- Thang Binh, South Vietnam. A bus bound forDa Nang is ready for departure, loaded with fleeing refugees and their persinal belongings..

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04 Apr 1973, San Clemente, California, USA --- Nixon Bids Thieu Farewell

07 Apr 1973, Washington, DC, USA --- South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu andhis wife wave as they prepare to board plane at nearby Andrews AFB, Maryland, 4/7, for

Austin, Texas, where they will lunch with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the LBJ Ranch. ---Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

13-6-73 Paris Peace Accords . (L) SVN deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Luu Vien, (R) VCrepresentatives led by Gen, Ng V Hieu, Foreground NVN, le Duc Tho, Background by Secof state henry kissinger

26 Mar 1973, Can Tho, Vietnam --- South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieujubilantly throws a flag in the air during an exhibition at Can Tho, 75 miles southwest ofSaigon. The exhibition was held because of National Farmers Day in Vietnam, duringwhich Thieu called at the farmers to boost their agricultural output to $400 million dollarswithin 5 years

28 Mar 1973, Saigon, South Vietnam --- South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu laidthe cornerstone for a monument commemorating the role of the United States in the 12-year-old Indochina War. Looking on are the U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker (left), andGeneral Frederick Weyand, Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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15 Jun 1973, Near Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon: Government troops and villagers reada newspaper with headline reporting cease-fire, signed in Paris June 14, a moment beforethe new cease-fire agreement goes into effect. The government troops were searching,house-to-house, to prevent the Communists from infiltrating a small hamlet along Highway1, west of Saigon. 6/15/1973

20 Jul 1973, Saigon, South Vietnam --- New South Vietnamese Ambassador. Saigon, SouthVietnam: Career diplomat Graham Martin (right) presents his credentials to PresidentNguyen Van Thieu, officially becoming the new U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam.Martin, 60, succeeds Ellsworth Bunker who left Saigon May 11 on his 79th birthday aftersix years as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam. The ceremony took place in thepresidential palace here. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

14 Mar 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- North Vietnamese guards talk with AmericanPOW's awaiting release at Ly Nam de Prison, better known as the Hanoi Hilton. --- Imageby Bettmann/CORBIS

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23 Mar 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi. Hanoi is to the right. That's a traveldirection only. cyclist move towards North Vietnam's big city on the road from the airportrecently. UPI city onto he road from the airport recently. UPI correspondent Tracy Wood,who visited Hanoi recently with a group of journalists, reports that bicycles, the main formof transportation for Hanoi's 1.2 million people, are seen everywhere even though they cost300 doing, or about $75. One dong is worth about 25cents. One North Vietnamese officialsaid an average worker makes about 50 dong ($12.50) a month. This, and other pictures inthe series, were made by UPI staff photographer Gary Bartlett. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

24 Nov 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi: Hanoi Eskimo Pies. A woman vendor sellsice cream from a stand at the "Lake of the Restored Sword" in Hanoi. American antiwaractivist Cora Weiss, who has recently returned from a visit to North Vietnam and VietCong held territories in South Vietnam, says the people there have a sense that they are

building a new society out of the ruins of the war

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14 Mar 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi. North Vietnamese soldier stands guardoutside Ly Nam de Prison, better known as the , as yet to be released American POWs look

out from their cells here

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20 Mar 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi. in a large park in the center of this citygroups of happy youngsters move quickly by, led by one of their own age. They march inlines of two boys in one group (left) and girls in the other. As they move through the parkthey swing their arms in unison and sing. These groups are similar to western Scout groups,but do not wear uniforms

March 20 ,1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi.. The main bridge of this city, the longBinh, which separates the airport and the city and links up with the main highway to china,about 190 miles away, was bombed repeatedly and repaired as often. Here, men and

women carry goods in the traditional manner as a bicyclist goes by. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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22 Mar 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi. Younger member of family uses bicycle totransport his grandfather down town from outskirts of city. the old men was enchanted by

foreigners taking his picture. he got off the bicycle, stared a bit and then smiled and waved.

29 Mar 1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- HANOI: Unidentified group of U.S. POWs turntheir backs on a North Vietnamese film cameraman in their cells at the Nga Tu So prisoncamp in Hanoi. All of the men were released late March 29th and have arrived safely atClark Air Force Base in the Philippines. In refusing to have his photograph taken in thecell, one POW said, "We object to pictures because this not the way we lived." --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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anoi, North Vietnam --- HANOI: Children run and play in front of a huge anti-American mural in a downtown Hanoi streetMarch 29, the day when the last U..S. POWs were released. Banner across bottom of mural reads,"make the

American aggressors pay in blood."

1973, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Exterior view of the prisoner of war camp () in Vietnam in1973

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16 May 1973, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon: Children Of Vietnam. It is a time when amother's arms should imprison a child like this. Instead the child seems a kind of prisoner

of war while resting in an orphanage in the Saigon area recently. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

2-4-1970 - Ty phu My H. Ross Perot noi chuyen voi tu binh Bac Viet tai Nam VN02 Apr 1970, Da Nang, South Vietnam --- 4/2/1970-Da Nang, Vietnam- Speaking throughan interpreter, millionaire H. Ross Perot (l) talks with North Vietnamese prisoners of war ata South Vietnamese POW camp April 2. Perot is on a tour of several such camps to checkon the treatment of enemy POW's and to gather mail from the prisoners, which he hopes to

deliver to Hanoi. BPA 2 #4386

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31 Jan 1973, Tay Ninh, South Vietnam --- 1/31/1973-Tay Ninh, South Vietnam- Thecontrast between war and peace is evident as members of a South Vietnamese mechanizedunit watch people pass by on Highway 1 near Tay Ninh recently (Jauary 20). Even with the

cease-fire in effect for more than 48 hours January 29th, widespread fighting continued.The South Vietnamese government reported 480 Communist truce violations.

9 Mar 1973, Quang Tri, Vietnam --- Tha Chi Han river, near Quang Tri, Vietnam, NorthVietnamese prisoners of war race to freedom across the Tha Ch Han River after being setfree by the South Vietnamese in a one sided 500 man release 3/8. The release broke a long

deadlock over POW's and when POW's would be released in the future and whichjeopardized the further release of U.S. POWs from Hanoi.

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3 thng trc khi min nam mt nc :( 08 Feb 1975, Hue, South Vietnam --- PresidentNguyen Van Thieu visited Government posts around the old Imperial city of Hue andDanag 2/6 and later personally inspected a foxhole at the 1st corps marine headquarters

here.

4 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Resigns. Saigon, South Vietnam: South Vietnam'sPresident Nguyen Van Thieu is on the job in Saigon, April 14. After ten years in office,

Thieu resigned April 21, denouncing the US as untrustworthy. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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19 Mar 1975, Dau Tieng, South Vietnam --- Villagers flee down highway as Communistsadvance in Dau Tieng, 35 miles north of Saigon. Blown-up bridges blocked 3/19 the escape

route for a convoy of an estimated 250,000 persons from Pleiku and other towns in thecentral highlands, abandoned at the order 3/18 of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van

Thieu.

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21 Mar 1975, Hieu Xuong District, South Vietnam --- 3/21/1975-Hieu Xuong District,

South Vietnam: A mother cries over the body of her son at Hieu Xuong, 9 miles west of

Tuy Hoa. He was killed 3/20 in Communist shelling of the convoy which was passing thePhu Bon area. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

22 Apr 1976, Saigon, South Vietnam --- South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieuspeaks to his people last 4/21 on TV saying that he resigns. Thieu served as chief executiveof South Vietnam 54-days short of 10-years, longer than any other Saigon Leader. The 52-year old President decided to step aside after lead of virtually every military, political and

religious block told him they lacked confidence in his leadership. --- Image by

Bettmann/CORBIS

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26 Mar 1975, Hue, South Vietnam --- Soldiers and civilians are jammed together on a Navy

boat that evacuated them from the old imperial capital of Hue. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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26 Mar 1975, Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam --- Getting a lift...Arriving here from Pleiku, thistruck is piled to the top and then some as refugees continue to flee advancing Communist

forces in South Vietnam. Communist troops occupied Da Nang in triumph March 31st andwarned that all ships and planes must have their permission before evacuating refugees

from the city, their greatest trophy in 20 years of Indochina war. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

nhn my cnh ny khng ai khng phi bi ngi xc ng29 Mar 1975, Van Ninh, South Vietnam --- March 29, 1975 - Van Ninh, South Vietnam:Carrying only a few things on his back, a weeping head of a family leads the way whilewalking along Highway 1, twenty seven miles north of Nha Trang as they approach thistown walking from Qui Nhon. They are part of the Convoy of Tears from the abandoned

Central Highlands. An estimated 1.5 million persons are feared trapped in Da Nang, whichwent under Communist control.

30 Mar 1975, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam --- The ship unloads refugees from Da Nangat the dock here 3/29. The American ship evacuated some 5,000 persons including someAmerican Consulate personnel. Military sources said 3/30 that North Vietnamese tankswere cruising the streets of Da Nang and that their flag was flying atop the American

Consulate.

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29 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- SAIGON, S. VIETNAM: Vietnamese civiliansclimbing on board a U.S. bus carrying evacuees into the U.S. Embassy, while hundreds

milled around the gate, trying to get in to join the American evacuation from Saigon 4/29.--- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Soldiers stopping people in the crowded street fromclimbing over the walls of the United States Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam.

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1 ngy trc khi mt nc - tm hnh ny i vo lch s9 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- A CIA employee (probably O.B. Harnage) helps

Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long Street, ahalf mile from the U.S. Embassy.

27 Mar 1973, Da Nang, South Vietnam --- March 27, 1973 - Da Nang, South Vietnam:

This aerial view taken from one of the refugee planes as it flew toward Nha Trang airbaseshows the crowds of people and boats milling around the dock here. U.S. planes and pilots

are flying 727s loaded with refugees to safer ground in Nha Trang.

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24 Mar 1975, Danang, South Vietnam --- A South Vietnamese Navy landing craft fully

loaded with refugees from hue, 370 miles northeast of Saigon, ferry additional numbers ofpeople to Danang 3/23. The 300,000 refugees already in Danang city will be disseminated

in the vast land in the mekong delta with the help of foreign Navy ships.

04 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Refugees from Da Nang, Hue and other fallen

South Vietnam cities, crowded with their belongings aboard buses, reach out for food andwater as they head toward Saigon from Cam Ranh City.

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20th century --- Nguyen Van Thieu speaks behind a bank of microphones. Thieu was thepresident of the Republic of Vietnam from 1967 until 1975, when North Vietnam took

control.

April 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Refugees pour over fences at the port in an attempt

to flee Saigon, South Vietnam.

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28 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, South Vietnam: Black smoke billowingfrom the U.S. Agency for International Development compound at the northern edge ofSaigon after it was hit by Communist rocket during fighting. Most roads in and out of

Saigon were sealed by the fighting. -

Saigon, South Vietnam --- Women and children run from the road as the (USAID)compound burns in the background on the northern edge of the capital. Communist gunners

tightened the noose on Saigon 4/28 on three sides and within 5-miles of Saigon blockingHighway 1, in and out of here. VietCong commandos were holed up near this compound,government troops were unable to oust the dug-in guerrillas.. Most of the compound was

burned in the fighting.

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1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- A soldier aiming his gun at South Vietnamese peopleclimbing the gates of the United States Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam. --- Image by

Nik Wheeler/CORBIS

23 Mar 1975, Phu Binh, South Vietnam --- March 23, 1975 - Phu Binh, South Vietnam:The tail end of the convoy of tears remains trapped on the provincial route 7 near Phu Tuc

District, 23 miles west of Tuy Hoa, March 23, as the Communist gunners fired into theconvoy, splitting the trapped into segments. South Vietnam has lost about one-third of its

territory to the communists in the three-week offensive

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26 Mar 1975, Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam --- Getting a lift...Arriving here from Pleiku, thistruck is piled to the top and then some as refugees continue to flee advancing Communist

forces in South Vietnam. Communist troops occupied Da Nang in triumph March 31st andwarned that all ships and planes must have their permission before evacuating refugees

from the city, their greatest trophy in 20 years of Indochina war.. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

28-4-75 Ong Duong Van Minh, lam Tong thong trong 2 ngay cuoi cung cua VNCH28-4-75 The new President of SVN, General Duong Van Minh addresses some 180 invited

guests at the palace after accepting the presidency from Tran Van Houn who took overfrom Thieu one week ago

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05 May 1975, Guam --- Guam: Former South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky

holds a press conference in a Guam refugee camp.

6-5-1975 - Cu Ph TT Nguyn Cao K va xung ti t M vi mt nhm ngi t nn

khc trn 1 chuyn bay t o Guam06 May 1975, El Toro Mas, California, USA --- El Toro Mas, California: Former South

Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky talks with newsmen after his arrival on the U..S.mainland with a group of other refugees aboard a military transport plane from Guam andHonolulu. Asked if he wanted to become a U.S.. citizen Ky replied that it was too soon to

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decide, "I just want 48 hours of sleep.

30-5-1975 - ng K v m v ti nh mi ngoi Washington, mt thng sau ngy di

tn0 May 1975, Fairfax, Virginia, USA --- Nguyen Cao Ky, former premier of South Vietnam,

sits on the floor of his new home in this Washington suburb and watches his sisters, Hoo(left) and Hieu, occupied with their needlework. The house is devoid of furniture except for

carpeting and a few chairs. Ky's wife and six children and some other relatives are livingwith him.

30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, Vietnam: Communist soldier plays guitar

on steps of Majestic Hotel on Saigon river while another shows anti-aircraft gun toonlookers

01 May 1975, HongKong --- US Ambassador to South Vietnam shows grim face as he

surrounded by press men on the USS Blue Ridge in the South China Sea, 4/30. Heabandoned the US embassy in Saigon just before the Saigon government surrendered to the

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Viet Cong and evacuated to the ship with other embassy staffers government surrendered tothe Viet Cong and evacuated to the ship with other embassy staffers.

29 May 1975, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam --- Saigon students demonstrate against"Depraved and Reactionary Culture" as part of the book burning campaign in South

Vietnam. Estimated tens of thousands of books and recordings have been destroyed bystudent's bonfires and private destruction since the campaign began 5/21. Virtually all

bookstores have been closed down by the edict against sale of books and recordings made

during the time of previous regime. Picture was taken 5/29 in Saigon. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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15 May 1975, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam --- The victorious North Vietnamese forcesparade through the streets of Saigon.

10 Jun 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Pretty girl holds flag as she watches recent parade

in Saigon in support of Viet Cong. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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20 Jan 1970, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Saigon, South Vietnam: General view of peopledoing their pre-Tet shopping in the central market of Saigon is shown. The Tet holiday in

Vietnam is comparable to a combination of Christmas and New Year's. Hence, the big townscene is like the Christmas rush in Western cities.

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