In the pre-dawn hours of March 3, 1969, soldiers at Ben Het Special Forces Camp in the Central Highlands near the Laotian border heard something unusual in the jungle. They had patrolled the area for ...

When they crashed through the gates of Saigon's presidential palace to end Vietnam's war, the young crew of communist Tank 390 shaped the course of history -- but 50 years on they are modest about ...

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government and ...

On a cloudy April morning 50 years ago, I watched a North Vietnamese tank crash through the gates of Saigon’s Independence Palace, symbolically toppling what many feared would be the first domino on ...

The last three staffers in The Associated Press' Saigon bureau, reporters Matt Franjola, left, Peter Arnett, rear, and George Esper, second from right, are joined by two North Vietnamese soldiers and ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- Communist Vietnam marked the 30th anniversary of the war's end with a colorful parade of floats -- some emblazoned with American business logos -- down the same boulevard ...