Carlsbad's Neil Black, 50 years after Viet war, on how he survived 7½ years as POW

Carlsbad's Neil Black, 50 years after Viet war, on how he survived 7½ years as POW

“I have to say it was terrifying,” said the retired Air Force officer. “It caused my brain to start looking upward to the heavens."

50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia

Fifty years ago, my father, an American war reporter, climbed over the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and scrambled onto a chopper that took off from a roof in the mission. “My last view of Saigon was through the tail door of the helicopter,” he wrote in the Chicago Daily News. “Then the door closed — closed on the most humiliating chapter in American history.” My father believed in the domino theory, how a cascade of Communism might deluge …

50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia - Overpasses For America

Fifty years ago, my father, an American war reporter, climbed over the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and scrambled onto a chopper that took off from a roof in the mission. “My last view of Saigon was through the tail door of the helicopter,” he wrote in the Chicago Daily News. “Then the door closed — closed on the most humiliating chapter in American history.” My father believed in the domino theory, how a cascade of Communism might deluge …

Fifty years ago, my father, a reporter for the U.S. war, climbed over the wall of the U.S. embassy in Saigon and rushed to a helicopter that took off from a roof in the mission. “My last view of Saigon was through the helicopter’s tail door,” he wrote in the Chicago Daily News. “Then the door closed, closed in the most humiliating chapter of American history.” My father believed in the domino theory, how a cascade of communism could dilute Asia.…