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A Family’s Found Footage, 50 Years After Vietnam

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This year marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. In a Memorial Day special, ABC’s Byron Pitts describes one family’s quest to learn more about the man they lost in the Vietnam War - a quest that took them through the ABC News archives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.2

that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com. Today is Memorial Day, the day

0:35.1

Americans honor the men and women who have given their lives and

0:38.2

service to America's armed forces. And while we are marking those sacrifices that happen in

0:43.1

wartime as well as peacetime, there's one conflict that is especially top of mind this year.

0:49.8

We will do whatever is necessary to achieve our objective in South Vietnam.

0:55.0

Nobody waits for the incoming rounds to stop before collecting the dead or trying to save the wounded.

1:02.0

This is a parade of human misery that never seems to end.

1:07.0

See, this year marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. In fact, just a few weeks ago, veterans marked the anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The day that Vietnam forces from the north took over cities in the south.

1:20.8

Please don't crowd. We'll get everybody in. American troops evacuated. We had effectively lost the war, one of the most morally fraught in this nation's history.

1:30.4

The U.S. gave its best effort, its best weapons, and more than 55,000 of its best men.

1:36.2

And remember, to this day, Vietnam has taken more American lives than any conflict since the world wars.

1:42.7

Thousands upon thousands of American families lost loved ones, and they didn't really get the

1:47.6

thrill of a V-Day to celebrate them.

1:50.2

Well, recently, the team at Nightline came across an incredible story featuring one of these

1:54.9

families.

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