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For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt
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This photo provided by Jeanie Jacobs Huffman shows her on the beach in June 2024, two miles away from where her father's plane and crew were discovered in 70 feet of water, in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. - photo by Dave Huffman/Jeanie Jacobs Huffman via AP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional approval to the cementing of college campuses as centers of student activism. Millions of U.S. troops fought in Vietnam. For some Americans, the war that effectively ended with the fall of Saigon 50 years ago Wednesday on April 30, 1975, continues to shape their lives.