The wreck of a light aircraft on the streets of Saigon, following the fall of the South Vietnam capital to the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong, on 30 April 1975.⁠ Bringing an end to the Vietnam War and leading to the formal reunification of the country, Saigon was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City, after the late North Vietnamese President. ⁠ Some 7,000 US and "at-risk" Vietnamese citizens had been evacuated from the city in the preceding days, during Operation Frequent Wind.⁠ Marking the 45th anniversary, see gettyarchive for footage of the conflict and its final days.⁠ 📷: Francoise De Mulder/Roger Viollet via Getty Images | #GettyImages25 #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #vietnamwar #fallofsaigon #liberationofsaigon #saigon #hochiminh #hochiminhcity #vietnam #francoisedemulder #photojournalist #reportage #photojournalism #warphotography #warphotographer #1975 #onthisday ⁠#onthisdayinhistory #historyphoto #historyphotographed #archivephoto #photoarchive #vintagephoto #photolibra...