The Fall of Saigon, Fifty Years Later

It was a stunning foreign policy defeat and a victory for our humanity.

This famed photo has long been thought to be of the United States embassy, but instead was the roof of an apartment building where senior South Vietnamese officials lived.

To get the best sense of what took place in those final days, there are two items I cannot recommend enough. The first is Rory Kennedy’s incredible documentary from ten years ago, Last…