Historic pictures of April 30 1975

The Central Military Commission monitors developments in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, 4/1975. The artillerymen before sortie. Regiment 201 marches through Dong Thap Muoi. People used boat to carry Regiment 2 across the river towards Saigon. Attack on the Thi Nghe Bridge on the morning of 30/4/1975. The Divisions Z23, Z22 of Brigade 316 and Battalion 81 occupied Rach Chiec Bridge. Mr. Nguyen Duc Tho was the one who fired the first shot to open the attack. On the night of 29/4, Division 9 attacked Phu Lam telecommunications area in the southwest. From the north, Army Corps 1 entered Saigon on Road 1. Marching from the north by many means, the corps started attacking one day later than the other units. At 5.:30am on 30/4, Division 10 and tanks of the Armored Regiment 273 attacked Tan Son Nhat Airport. Attacking and occupying the General Staff. Occupying the headquarters of Saigon Capital Special Region. Tanks entered the courtyard of the Independence Palace on the morning of 30/4. Bui Quang Than took the flag on his tank to hang up on the flagpole on the roof of the Independence Palace at 11:30am. The tank soldiers at noon on 30/4/1975. President Duong Van Minh and his cabinet members declared on the radio unconditional surrender, ending the war. The march of Saigon people on unification day.

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Historic pictures of April 30 1975

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