Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 20, 2024.
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.
While the end of the Vietnam War is chronicled as April 30, 1975, the conflict itself is an ongoing tale. Even now, 50 years later, those who lived through it, fought in it, protested against it, have strong feelings.
On that day, Saigon fell to Communist forces. The declaration of the end of the war with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords was Jan. 27, 1973, and U.S. troops withdrew a couple of months later.
Deseret News writers and photographers through the years have share stories from Vietnam veterans, views from the Southeast Asian country, retrospectives as well as efforts to honor U.S. veterans.
We share a collection of those memories from Deseret News archives through the years:
- Saigon fell 50 years ago today. This Utah woman was on the last refugee ship out of Vietnam
- “50 years later, memory still bright for pilot who flew Vietnam POWs to freedom”
- “Opinion: Legacies and lessons 50 years after the Vietnam War”
- “Photo of the day: How Utah is honoring veterans”
- “A look at the Viet War — through ‘enemy’ eyes”
- “Has our approach to military changed since Vietnam?”
- “Photos: Vietnam veterans honored at Utah Capitol”
- “Visit Utah Vietnam Memorial”
- "Saigon is not falling“
