Resource Guide Pages
Saigon: April 30, 1975: Still Images
The images listed below are photographs from individual soldiers, military photographers and others who have donated their photographs to the Vietnam Archive. The photographs for the most part are from the Vietnam War era and can be a good tool for visualizing the events of the war related through our documents or oral history interviews.
Please note that these images are only a sampling of the ones available from the Vietnam Archive. To find more use the advanced search module and the keywords suggested on the introductory page, narrow the media type to images in the right hand gray colored menu, click start search, then display search results and the database will display all of our Saigon: April 30, 1975 photographs.
Click on the item number to view the complete record for the image or click on the thumbnail to view a larger image.
- Item #: VA002580
- Bryan Grigsby Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO))
- Arrival of South Vietnamese refugees. Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. May 1975 (open complete record)
- Item #: VA002859
- Bryan Grigsby Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO))
- South Vietnamese refugee comforted by Red Cross volunteers at refugee camp set up at Eglin Air Force Base Florida, May 1975. (open complete record)
- Item #: VA027376
- Lewis M. Stern Collection
- Liberation of Saigon Celebrated -
Carrying the portrait of Ho Chi Minh, South Vietnamese parade in down town Saigon on May 15 during the celebration which began under a light drizzle at the presidential palace, once occupied by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. All of the top leader... (open complete record)
- Item #: VA027377
- Lewis M. Stern Collection
- Liberation of Saigon Celebrated --
Carrying the banners, thousands of Saigonese are attending the rally staged in front of the Du Doc Lap (former presidential palace) in Saigon to celebrate the liberation of Saigon. During the rally, General Tran Van Tre, chairman of the Military Management Com... (open complete record)
- Item #: VA027379
- Lewis M. Stern Collection
- Liberation of Saigon Feted --
Soldiers of PRG and North Vietnamese troops are shown attending the rally staged in front of the Du Doc Lap (former presidential place) in Saigon on May 7th to celebrate the liberation of Saigon. During the rally, General Tran Van Tra, chairman of the Military Mana... (open complete record)
- Item #: VA039222
- Colonel William E. LeGro Collection
- AC-119K being shot down by SA7 above Tan Son Nhut Air Base runway on 29 April 1975 at 0700 hrs, 1st sequence. (open complete record)
- Item #: VA039224
- Colonel William E. LeGro Collection
- AC-119G aircraft destroyed and damaged during A37 attack on 28 April 1975 at 8:15 hours, Air Operations Building, Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Photo by Chuy of Intelligence Vietnamese Air Force. (open complete record)
- Item #: VA043722
- Colonel William E. LeGro Collection
- Buffalo Hunter (drone) photo of the DAO area at Tan Son Nhut. April 1975. The 'DAO Building' is the former HQ MACV building. My office was about midway on the east side. It had been the office of the MACV Chief of Staff. In the building on the north edge of the tennis court were the living quar... (open complete record)
- Item #: VA043723
- Colonel William E. LeGro Collection
- The DAO building on 30 April 1975, after the US Marine demolitions team fired the charges. In the foreground is the office and hangar of Air America. (open complete record)
- Item #: VAS048732
- Item #: VAS049292
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