North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces capture Saigon, compelling the South Vietnamese government to surrender. Following the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, the American government left a meager military presence in South Vietnam and on this day, continued its evacuation in Operation Frequent Wind.
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