1975 Flashback: Evacuation of Saigon

"There were desperate scenes of families separated and crying out for help, pleading not to be left behind," reported former CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley, as the city of Saigon was evacuated ahead of its fall on April 30, 1975. Bradley's intrepid reporting, detailing the dramatic events of the day the Vietnam War ended, originally aired on the "CBS Evening News."

[@MikerodRod]

Now history is repeating itself in Afghanistan.

[@andylam023]

us should leave Afg and focus resourses to help Taiwan defend china instead

[@MikerodRod]

@@andylam023 Hopefully it'll never come down to that but I agree with you

[@strategery101]

bidens america is a nightmare

[@zeus6662]

George W Bush and the $6 trillion wars in Iraq and Afganistan.

[@zeus6662]

@@andylam023 That will be a worse disaster than Afghanistan or Vietnam.

[@DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Boundaries shift, new players step in; but power always finds a place to rest its head.

[@sohanshah8366]

General shepard mw2

[@INNO222]

Time is a flat circle.

[@anonymoussource2466]

Yay He said the thing

[@electrowolf6260]

This is like Afghanistan now

[@markholub5219]

About every 40 years.

[@carlosjohnson8625]

My Dad was there,he was one of many Marines who was directing the evacuation. He said Saigon was being rapidly overran.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Tell your Dad thank you. I helped load out the USS Blue Ridge at White Beach Okinawa before they left. My unit was Truck Company, H&S Battalion, 3rd Force Service Regiment, Camp Foster. We hauled Marines from Camp Hansen & Camp Schwab to White Beach. He could have been on a 2 1/2 ton Duce & a Half I was driving, in late March 1975. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant.

[@beastninja7_569]

USMC 73-77 Thanks

[@tomcomiskey6350]

The Army &Air Force was also there, but as usual no credit, same, same.

[@neffosnine2970]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 - USA, are you idiots? :)) 😊 1000 military bases around the world, ... except Russia and China. Americans fear the Russian more than the Chinese. Even more than of the Aliens. :))) ✌🇷🇺 p.s. Kandagar 1983-1986, special forces, counter-propaganda department of the KGB of the USSR. My last operation was "Kajaki"(1985 summer): We prevented you from blowing up the dam and sluices of Helmand Reservoir. ("You" - this's the USA (CIA) and your Alqaida). I even met with Cyrus Vance in Kabul (after his resignation). He despised Brzezinski - "this rootless Pole". :))

[@notbeingcensored9039]

@@neffosnine2970 Cant beat the hegemony bud, thats why we are still here 😂

[@fortitudevalance8424]

Once again history repeats itself.

[@sydneyo4289]

Ooops, we did it again!

[@CoolNinja925]

The same thing is happening in Kabul today. Ironic how history repeats itself.

[@harrycantwell6252]

History does not repeat, but history so often rhymes.

[@Likeyourbestbroorsum]

@@harrycantwell6252In this case it’s a particularly ugly rhyme

[@jilliebean6312]

@@harrycantwell6252 woah someone just breathed as i did earlier HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF🤡yall sound dumb stop repeating the phrase u were taught history doesnt repeat itself similar things just happen cuz thats how life works

[@harrycantwell6252]

@@jilliebean6312 looking back on history you'll notice especially clearly over the past century that every few decades a superpower is defeated or smacked around by the plucky underdog. For example: soviet invasion of afghanistan, vietnam, russo japanese war, anglo Boer war, us war of independence

[@thickgirlsneedlove2190]

@@harrycantwell6252 lmfao basically history is repeating itself with Afghanistan

[@thetreblerebel]

My Uncle Dennis Weston was on one of those ships in 1975. He had pictures of the helicopters in the sea after they were pushed off. It was an amazing sight he said..

[@toastnjam7384]

Afghanistan is Saigon 2.0 Being a Vietnam vet I saw this this exact outcome 20 ago which why I was against the war.

[@Sailor95Moon]

Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇸

[@DHABHI]

You lost haha

[@liminal9207]

@@DHABHI He did, so what's your point?

[@DHABHI]

@@liminal9207 the point is that you lost🥱

[@sisofphil]

Yes! the majority of Americans were ALSO anti-war. We had demonstrations against this war in the 2000’s, but the oligarchs shoved this down our throats. I fear history will view this was as being endorsed by the average person. But most Americans didn’t want this.

[@Zeyr01]

Good to see some people remember history.

[@kyle47922]

I guess Joe Biden didn't remember history.

[@zeussx2120]

@@kyle47922 He doesn’t remember much of anything.

[@C.A._Old]

@@kyle47922 yeah i agree.

[@kyle47922]

@@zeussx2120 Joe Biden has dementia so he doesn't remember much of anything.

[@cruzloera4931]

Crazy that Biden was a senator back then. He’s one of the few people still in politics.

[@thecancelling2870]

I think Chuck Grassley may have been in the House at that time. Crazy how long these Congresscritters last. Shouldn't be surprised. We have an NYS Assemblyman who was elected in 1969.

[@minhdo1728]

That's why we need term limit. These old men are too incompetent!

[@joedeb1976]

I was stationed at Utapao, Thailand then. 554 Red Horse Civil Eng. We built a tent city to receive refugees. It was a sad day. All types of aircraft landing every which way. People in wheel wells of aircraft. Families, some with nothing but clothes on their backs. Some with suitcases of money that was worthless. I'll never forget it.

[@sta9706]

Red Horse is still active there.

[@StarofDavid616]

Well Vietnam is a wonderful place now. US democracy is overated.

[@Srabubulupa]

I love a goo' ol' red horse

[@TheNewsWave]

Though not in Thailand, I was a refugee boy with my family in Malaysia. We were there because the tides took us there and the Malaysians took us in. I'm watching this video due to hearing about the current events with the fall of Kabul in 2021. BTW, thanks for the sacrifices you've made for both of our countries.

[@cramifcramidf3590]

Xin cảm ơn ông đã hiểu cho người Việt Nam Cộng Hoà chúng tôi ❤❤

[@euchrewacko]

Yes but look how much better the reporting was back then. Straightforward, honest an unbiased. At least that's the way it seems to me.

[@FantasticGreek]

true true

[@RustyShackleford382]

Back when we used to have real reporters,

[@scottjoplin3601]

Some of the reporters were wrong reporting the fall of Saigon they said there was little Arvn resistance that was so wrong!! Some of the reporters were in the safety of the middle of Saigon where there was no fighting the Arvn were fighting in the outskirts of Saigon even a lot of nva generals and officials that were still fighting the Arvn were disappointed with what the reporters said. I’m not saying all of the reporters were wrong like the one in the vid but a lot were.

[@johndouglas5712]

Here we go again . It took us 20 years to recover.

[@stephendaedalus4003]

I'm here because Kabul fell to Taliban. Similar images. I'm impressed. History rhymes.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

"History _repeats*_ itself."

[@Junior_Santos.]

*Kabul evacuation 2021...* *A história se repete, infelizmente*

[@cramifcramidf3590]

Chúng tôi bị mất nước Việt Nam Cộng Hoà ngày 30/4/1975. Rất thương cho Afghanistan. Họ đã rất đau khổ như người Việt Nam tự do.a

[@dwnrange7812]

Don’t know why I came here, maybe something related to what’s happening in the news

[@MRPhoto_Digital]

Who’s here because of Kabul?

[@shawnx18]

It’s just worse this time. People hold on to the airplane and fell off the plane

[@MrKj202]

I'm sure similar stuff happened in Vietnam, just not as many cameras around to capture it

[@kennethcurtis1856]

Come on. People trying to hold on for life as an overlodaded helicopters are taking off. Quit with the phrase: 'It's worst this time" BS. Do some research and learn and quit the talking points of politicians.

[@kixigvak]

Unfortunately we learned nothing from all this

[@user-bi2me1kj7p]

James Mason Yep especially with afghanistan imagine fighting and losing friends in that war just for the US to start giving the areas you fought for back to the taliban

[@thegrasswhistle5238]

Why do you love war

[@HornHelp]

It's not that history repeats itself but it's that no one can be forced to change without his/her own willing

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

The fall of Kabul and the Afghanistan government, is literally a repeat of history

[@djwilliams3058]

History never repeats itself, but man always does.

[@peterl3417]

This is Kabul in 3 weeks basically ...

[@yom0mma214]

Hey guys can you explain how this amd 2021s Afghanistan situation have in common? Or the backstory from both? I need knowledge my guys

[@ethan9409]

@@yom0mma214 Both Vietnam and Afghanistan are seen as stupid decisions by the US/NATO. They’re fights that couldn’t have been won yet men and women gave up their lives fighting for a lost cause. The similarities of Saigon and Kabul are that people aren’t going to have the time to evacuate while a new power takes over that is hostile to the citizens who live there. The US is trying I get as many loyal afghani people/Americans evacuated before the taliban retakes Kabul while the clock is winding down at a rapid rate.

[@MemphianX]

Kabul experiencing this now

[@thomash4447]

My father fought in VN...and for what? Absolutely nothing gained. 44 years of pain for him. At least he was one of the lucky ones to leave that shithole and come home to raise me. Thanks dad and all who went to that God forsaken shithole.

[@garmogarmo4893]

+Thomas Hark Even if it was pointless, it was not.

[@ShidaiTaino]

Thomas Hark 1. Did it look like he had a choice? 2. The war was meant to stop communism by helping the coward French

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Potato Man Gaming the Evacuation of Saigon was total chaos. Proud of the Marine Corps then and now. Semper Fi.

[@douglas3286]

Vietnam is developed now. The amount of development they've had in 50 years is astonishing.

[@stopworrying8850]

Who is watching this after Kabul evacuation?

[@lisalabar7262]

Anybody that remembers this, can certainly see the exact same situation that our installed Resident PotatoHead has created due to the lack of a well thought out Exit Strategy. Thank you to ALL of our veterans, past, present and future. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten! 🕊🤦🏻‍♀️🆘🇺🇸

[@kennethcurtis1856]

... and who was our President PatatoHead during the VN fiasco?

[@dariusjackelson9915]

@@kennethcurtis1856 Some dead guy. Now he's a Democrat voter.

[@venezuelanomarico]

Taliban: "Wow! so fast to take the country and seeing American evacuation, how it passed?" Vietcong: "hey buddy, First Time?"

[@eagle276]

mogadisho: so u forget us?

[@HIEU_LE95]

@@souvik43209 uhhhh, Somalia, black hawk down event...

[@PhatKid505]

History doesn't repeat itself, it just rhymes.

[@UchihaFabio]

Well, i would say that history repeats itself but there are lots of people who have already made their point

[@37thousand]

And they insert their own two cents on the matter too. But who knows what’s gonna happen next in Afghanistan?

[@MikeyGaming]

War. War never changes.

[@pizzibarbarodellamaremma3179]

Said Micky Gaming

[@SongOfWhiteWolf]

I was there.

[@ErikBramsen]

Which side?

[@anna-ne4gw]

Really

[@tomcomiskey6350]

@@anna-ne4gw I might know you an na. How are you doing? Cam On, Tom

[@JacobSmith-rh2sr]

So was I.

[@cullenpinney2997]

Yeah so was I

[@SSVindictive]

Version 2 is coming!

[@Urbanscape667]

Courtesy of Joe Biden.

[@MRPhoto_Digital]

@@Urbanscape667 trump signed the retreat deal

[@finchborat]

@@MRPhoto_Digital But the old coot Biden still fumbled in Afghanistan.

[@cullenpinney2997]

@@MRPhoto_Digital yeah his plan was slow and cautious to restrict the taliban while they pulled out to ensure this wouldn’t happen and Biden threw that plan away and just told them to leave immediately resulting in this

[@eagle276]

Kabul : why are you guys fleeing so fast Saigon; Hold my beer! Mogadisho; Hold my banana!

[@maxpeppmueller5622]

Gooooooood Morning Kabul!

[@shankar9218]

I came here to see the comments

[@ouragan5]

These scenes are heart breaking

[@zerocool1344]

Should have never abandoned them

[@tomcomiskey6350]

Agree!!!

[@HaiPham-yn8fm]

@Sugar Muffin it American war and it happened in Vietnam south Vietnam just a American side

[@Ladysensei]

The 45th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war was on April 30. 2000. The fall of Saigon was on April 30, 1975.

[@misterpoof3197]

History repeat itself today in Afghanistan

[@miosotymarrerocolon9831]

Quien no conoce de la historia está condenada a repetirla...

[@billson6598]

This was a violent takeover, Kabul situation is because of uncertainty amongst foreigners

[@elburrito4935]

Biden: Hold my beer 🍺

[@Newsbuzzmaroc]

How come see this after what happen in Kabul today 🙁

[@kyle47922]

Evacuation of Saigon = Evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan.

[@alucardwingates447]

why they are jumping from heli? i couldn't understand

[@nietsnut6206]

There was no space on the boats to land the helicopters so they jumped in the water to be picked up by boats

[@CmdrDingus]

hmmm this looks familiar

[@rm26367]

History doesn’t repeat itself. People repeat history. Different war but the same evacuation. When will we learn?

[@bingbong4468]

This looks familiar for some reason.

[@mohsanalyasiry7854]

History repeats itself

[@joemartin1253]

Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it -Jim Jones.

[@ThePierre58]

So this popped up on my KZbin recommendation !

[@mmnnpp21]

Here after what happened in Kabul Afghanistan

[@dolly95hk65]

It's happening again! History just keeps repeating itself!! So heartbreaking 💔😥😥😥

[@angelhare8374]

Those who don't learn from history will repeat it

[@dhavalbelurkar8829]

History always repeat itself..

[@Snozzeee]

Hello darkness my old friend...

[@shahzadaayub]

Did history just repeat itself in Afghanistan?

[@shanjanusman9974]

Repeated August 2021

[@6969gaming_team]

1975 Vietnam, 2021 Afghanistan

[@hmshood9212]

I’m crying to this

[@jamalx4743]

This aged well

[@melindazakarias1783]

What`s going on with the helicopters? Why are they landing on the water, etc.?

[@vladusoltseff6633]

These helicopters were not from US carriers air wings, these were South Vietnamese military choppers. Carriers didn't had enough space on their decks to accommodate so many. They landed them on water and then pilots were saved by sailors from the ships. Also, when they were able to land some of these on the deck, they dumped helicopters immediately after disembarking, to provide space for other ones.

[@mohdsanijapar7142]

And now the Afghanistan people evacuation from kabul like this in Saigon

[@HOWARDMEINERT]

I am in this video. I was the crew chief of YF-7 being loaded with people behind the Embassy. I made 4 trips in that day. April 29 1975

[@Jaksel88]

why happen on the chopper in the end of video ?

[@SSHitMan]

No room for it on the ship.

[@Tom-hz9oc]

More choppers coming in so fast that they had no time to refuel and no room to let it stay on the deck.

[@Oddly_Fascinting]

The convert it in submarine

[@Tom-hz9oc]

@@Oddly_Fascinting lol

[@patrickhennegan8770]

RIP Thomas James Hennegan 🇱🇷💜

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

*Ah sh*t here we go again*

[@liverneck2001]

scary.

[@rhaydonnelyee]

dang 6 yrs

[@simonsakala9632]

What goes around comes around, because the world is round.

[@enriquemorales945]

Kabul??? 15 de agosto 2021

[@juice1230]

Why were the pilots abandoning the helicopters? I don’t understand

[@thearmoredgeorgian2736]

Not enough space on the flight deck for other evacuees, it was against orders, but executed anyways

[@guidoharmeling5872]

These images made a great impression on me when I was a child ( 11 years old ). Esspecially the desperate expressions on the faces of the Vietnamese in this video.

[@MrNihilist74]

I was looking for this footage that I think was on 60 minutes of a bunch of ARVN soldiers boarding a commercial flight. It looked like they forced their way on.

[@luisfernandovelasquezcapch790]

Kabul es el Saigón 2.0 Afganistán es el segundo Vietnam para Estados Unidos.

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

The fall of Kabul marks the end of America’s involvement in Afghanistan

[@Dante-Moonwalk]

It also shows that how modern is America equipment is, they can't even defeat a poorly equipped Taliban soldier

[@cullenpinney2997]

@@Dante-Moonwalk they can and what you just said is not the case at all Biden and his administration pulled them out

[@Dante-Moonwalk]

@@cullenpinney2997 it's literally been 20 years since the US been in Afghanistan and they already have a much more capable weapons but all I can see is a strong Taliban that litterly seems little losses as we watch the take down the Afghan force in a few weeks. But American airforce can just had increase the use of bunker busted bomb afther the Taliban only group in mountains region

[@Dante-Moonwalk]

@@cullenpinney2997 but I do agree that it was also caused of decision of a president select

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

@@Dante-Moonwalk Notice how the Taliban waited till after we pulled out of Afghanistan to start claiming territory, we could beat them no problem, it’s just our politicians wouldn’t allow us to and just kept us there as police

[@elsoldaditodelpomo3662]

VEry very sad, to flee your country losing everything :( and now again with the Afghan people, just so sad :(

[@tzonrap2541]

American International Speditions LTD. We execute speditions from Saigon and Afganistan to USA with our helicopter fleet. We offer low prices, fast delivery and express service. We are unique in the world at embassy evacuations.

[@memesinternational8042]

1975 saigon 2021 us withdraw afghanistan :U.S we have never walked away without wining a war

[@cudicudio109]

Afghanistan 2021

[@caseclosed9342]

And Joe Biden was a senator back then…

[@oldfan1963]

Reported by Ed Bradley. "We won an honorable peace in Vietnam." - Richard Nixon

[@mohibhussain4239]

Once again the humiliation in Afghanistan.

[@marekbanton3714]

i didn't understand, why they should have destroyed the helicopters.

[@pithawat1753]

They can't bring it back to US (don't have enough space for people), but also don't want the North Vietnam army takes it.

[@marekbanton3714]

@@pithawat1753 thanks bró

[@petruciosilva9104]

Quando você ganha algo que desejava muito e se alegra com aquilo e ao assistir o documentario dos arquivos da guerra do vietnã ou o documentario redescubrindo a segunda guerra mundial você quando acaba esses documentarios e você se levanta e olha para aquele objeto ou algo que queria tanto e acabara de ganhar e na sua mente você diz CARA ISSO AQUI É UMA MERDA comparado ao inferno e sofrimento que uma guerra trás quando você mergulha nestes documentarios ao acabar de assisti-los o brilho dos seus olhos e a alegria fogem totalmente por algumas horas ou dias e você ver que não somos nada que nossos egoísmos e desejos por algo são muitas vezes insignificantes comparados a tristeza que foi a segunda guerra mundial e a guerra do vietnã você olha para aquele objeto de desejo e diz ISSO É UMA MERDA

[@assenav1]

E estamos aqui vendo essa cena se repetir no Afeganistão em 2021 :(

[@ChickentNug]

This looks more civilized than kabul

[@LKFFR]

In the category: Pandemic: covid and a little ebola Natural disaster: forest fires in America and North Africa War: Afghanistan collapses after the withdrawal of troops Well, when will the stock market crash happen ???

[@verdadcortez5327]

Ahora pasa lo mismo....la misma gente avion o helicóptero... La gente que estubo dirigiendo la guerra...no pagarán por crimenes de Guerra

[@joshuason557]

Here after Kabul saga ,,RIP America

[@zes3813]

no such thing as flashback or etc, remember, forget anyx nmw

[@gravitas7583]

Sad

[@tazulmarof]

Real brutality is these as continued Afghanistan

[@samgilley3160]

Whelp

[@tonghan5633]

What was A "wonderful war" . April 30 1975 ,46 Years living with " Paradise of Viet Cong" How do You feel ? The People of R V N

[@dariusjackelson9915]

Jpe Biden decided to try it without the evacuation. How do you like it so far?

[@sniperboy1754]

Gee this look fimiliar

[@danielalvarenga3924]

They keep saying Vietnam... But this looks more like Afghanistan

[@zacharycat603]

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh city!

[@dbnspeedy1]

Afghanistan 2021! Humans will never learn from history!

[@marwanmezo8622]

kapoul saigon history again

[@user-mc6vi8yd7l]

Lmao say what you want at least the Vietnamese recovered

[@sikhtraveller8860]

And see where Vietnam is now shame America

[@themachinist4696]

Boomshine Saigon Understanders will get it