'Saigon: The Final Hours'

A special WBUR documentary. On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, four Massachusetts Marines detail the final evacuation of U.S. and South Vietnamese troops and civilians. MORE: http://wbur.fm/1JKuyuv Creative Commons links: IMAGES https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/17199080125/ manhhai Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 - Smoke on the airport Tan Son Nhut from Saigon (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/6995932573/ Entry to Tan Son Nhut cổng vào đường Cộng Hòa, trước 1975 là trục đường chính của Căn cứ Không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt https://www.flickr.com/photos/97930879@N02/15179797466/ tommy japan Saigon 1975 - TanSonNhut - Photograph William E. LeGro Collection https://www.flickr.com/photos/97930879@N02/15179797466/ tommy japan Saigon 1975 - TanSonNhut - Photograph William E. LeGro Collection (5) https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/15664551703/ manhhai Fall of Saigon DA NANG, VIETNAM - MARCH 28, 1975: The hold of the ship is cramped with refugees. (Jack Cahill/Toronto Star via Getty Images) https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/16470561536 FALL OF SAIGON 1975 - CH-53 Door Gunner During Evacuation The Fall of Saigon: A Correspondent Remembers source: j-hawker.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/16300843205 manhhai Fall of Saigon - Operation Frequent Wind https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/16149961310/ manhhai Fall of Saigon The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 - Arrival of the North Vietnamese troops. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/15658059783 manhhai Fall of Saigon https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/16146038197 manhhai Fall of Saigon https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/16470561546 manhhai FALL OF SAIGON 1975 - Crowds forming at U.S. Embassy early April 29 The Fall of Saigon: A Correspondent Remembers source: j-hawker.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/7082588581/ manhhai Evacuees aboard the USS Hancock. Jim Stanitz Collection - Vietnam Center and Archive https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/16293260520/ manhhai FALL OF SAIGON 1975 As Saigon falls to the communist rule of North Vietnamese, US Marines evacuate Americans and Vietnamese April, 1975 at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, in South Vietnam. The people run as to escape fire from troops from the North. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Liaison) https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocrowley/4833102501/ ronan crowley Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam The evacuation of USA Staff from the roof of their embassy - War Remnants Museum MUSIC Chris Zabriskie http://freemusicarchive.org/music/chris_zabriskie Alex Mason https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason/