Our Story, Letters, Reports and Photos

• Letters to Fall of Saigon Marines
  • President Ford's Letter
  • Dr.Kissinger's Letter
  • Commandant of the Marine Corps' letter on 30th Reunion
  • Colonel Hurley's Message
• The Last to Leave (MGySgt John Valdez)
• The DAO Compound, Than Son Nut Airbase (Ted Murray)
• The DAO Compound and the Evacuation (Kevin Maloney)
• The DAO Compound by (Bill English)
• Bernie Winkelmann's - DAO Compound
• Otis Holmes at DAO Compound - Wounded
• The Last Marine to Die in Vietnam (by Doug Potratz)
• It's Your Country (by Don Nicholas)
• LCpl Darwin L Judge (Share your story)
• Dwight McDonald story about LCpl Judge
• Bill Newell Memorial Day: A Veteran's Perspective
• Ken Crouse answering a letter to a Student
• Cpl Charles McMahon Jr. - KIA
• Randy Smith (Last to stand duty and pull colors)
• Lazaro "Chief" Arriola
• J.D. Sneed - Na Trang
• Second Leatherneck Story about the Fall of Saigon
• PSU/PPSU Story

Historical Places and Maps

• Maps of Saigon
• Saigon Embassy Ladder to Roof
• Tan Son Nhat Airbase
• Embassy Wall

Historical Figures, Marine Roster, and People

• Marine Roster
  • Commanding Officer
  • Saigon Detachment
  • DAO Compound
  • PPSU-Ambassador Bodyguards
  • Bien Hoa Detachment
  • Can Tho Detachment
  • Nha Trang Detachment
  • Da Nang Detachment
• Ambassador Martin
  • Letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
  • Ambassador's Personal Protective Security Unit
  • Dwight McDonald's Story with Ambassador Martin
• North Vietnam Army
• MGySgt Valdez's Speech
• Our Fallen Marines
• SSgt C.D. Broussard's Page

Photo Galleries and Videos

• Mass Exodus
• Embassy Wall
• Young Marines On various ships in the South China Sea.
• The Last to Leave: The Fall of Saigon (Pat Clark Production)
• Vietnam: Coming to terms (1995) Part 1

Timeline and Related Events

• Command Chronology - RLT-4-30-1975
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal conversion
  to the Vietnam Service Medal

Additional Resources/Media

• Leatherneck & Gazette articles on evacuation
• Vietnam War Saigon Evacuation After Action Report
• Additional Links
• U.S. Marine Corps Web Site
• 1975 Flight from the U.S> Embassy

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