For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt

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For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt

BY MARK THIESSEN AND JULIE WATSON
Updated 10:21 PM EDT, April 29, 2025
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional approval to the cementing of college campuses as centers of student activism.

Millions of U.S. troops fought in Vietnam. For some Americans, the war that effectively ended with the fall of Saigon 50 years ago Wednesday on April 30, 1975, continues to shape their lives.

They include: A woman dedicated to recovering her father’s remains after the Navy plane he piloted disappeared over Vietnam’s Gulf of Tonkin. A Vietnam veteran who was heckled like scores of other troops when he returned home and now assists fellow veterans in rural Alaska. And an anti-war movement stalwart who has spent decades advocating for free speech after her brother was wounded when Ohio National Guard troops fired into a crowd of protesters at Kent State University.

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[gordianot]

1. there are those in Spain who have not recovered from the Spanish American War.

[marble falls]

2. "For some reason."