Universal Images Group via Getty Images U.S. Navy personnel struggle to push an army Huey helicopter off the deck of a U.S. Navy carrier to make room for more refugee flights on April 29, 1975. Tags ...

Universal Images Group via Getty Images Vietnamese refugees evacuated by helicopter arrive on board the USS Midway ahead of the fall of Saigon on April 29, 1975.

Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War. By NPR Staff (NPR) April 30, 2025 11:55 p.m. Vietnamese refugees evacuated by helicopter arrive on board the USS ...

Image: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975 , when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam.