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Similarities seen between fall of Kabul and the fall of Saigon in 1975

Desperate South Vietnamese citizens try to scale the walls of the American Embassy in 1975
Desperate South Vietnamese citizens try to scale the walls of the American Embassy in 1975 Source: Getty

Two Americans who were in Saigon spoke about the chaos and how they bent and broke the rules to get as many people out as they could.


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By Rebecca Kesby (BBC)

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Two Americans who were in Saigon spoke about the chaos and how they bent and broke the rules to get as many people out as they could.


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