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Author Ralph White read from his new book, "Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old American Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians," on Saturday, May 20, at The Bookstore.
In April 1975, the Vietnam War was as good as over, and the communists had won. The American military was gone, save for a tiny contingent of 50 Marines, with the South Vietnam capital of Saigon surrounded by both encroaching Viet Cong rebels and the North Vietnamese Army.
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