20th century. Up next from 40 years ago, a may 26, 1975 nbc news special report on the fall of saigon. It documents the capture of the capital of South Vietnam by North Vietnamese communist forces a month earlier and details events in the months following the end of the vietnam war. Anchor we delay the start of the tonight show starring Johnny Carson to bring you the following nbc news special report. Reporter at 12 00 noon on a april 30, a North Vietnamese tank broke the gate of the president ial palace in saigon. A communist soldier ran the revolutions flag across the empty lawn. The shooting on this day the communists won was not in a battle but a celebration. Saigon had already surrendered. [gunfire] tonight, nbc news presents the first full report on saigons first month as a communist city. Announcer nbc news presents a special report. Communist saigon. Here is nbc news correspondent john hart. John good evening. Its been almost a month now since the communists won the war in viet
Into see mort and there was talk that morts son might be in on the meeting, too. And im sure he had the same feeling, but i had a little bit of, oh, brother, the son and daughter and this is too much and expecting, no, im not going to like this guy. And he came in and immediately we just hit it off and hes terrific and im thrilled hes my agent and it was one of those wonderful moments of the two fathers and the two, the daughter and son all together. Whats the difference of age between you two, luke and you. Were about the same age and i think our fathers are about the same age. This is the cover of the book, called posterity, your watching book tv. Up next why the international communitys opinion of israel has gone down since the 1967 war. He says that oil and geopolitics were to blame early on, but now World Opinion is mostly shaped by leftist intellectuals and activists who side with the palestinians. This is about our. Thank you, john. In recent days israel has been attacked and co
Behind him inside the kill zone. So, don held onto that grenade. And he pulled it close to his body. And he bentso over it. And then as one of the men said, all of a sudden, there was a boom. The blast threw the lead soldier up against a boulder, men were riddled with shrapnel, four were medevaced out. But everyone else survived. Don had absorbed the brunt of the explosion with his body. He saved the lives of those next to him and today, we are joined by two men who were with him on that patrol, Sergeant William hacker and specialist michael moline. For decades, dons family only knew that he was killed in action. They had heard that he had stepped on a landmine. All those years, his gold star family honored the memory of their son and brother, whose name is etched forever on that granite wall not far from here. Late in her life, dons mother, evelyn, finally learned the full story of her sons sacrifice. And she made it her mission to have dons actions properly recognized. Sadly, nearly
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