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niyad

(133,729 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2026, 10:51 PM Apr 29

Today in history. Just two: 29 April, 1975 Saigon. 29 April 1992. Rodney King riots.

Images that still haunt me.The embassy in Saigon. The streets off the City of Angels. I knnow that many other things have happened on this day, but these two always haunt this day for me. And here we are, again?? Still?? When will we, as a country, ever learn?

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Today in history. Just two: 29 April, 1975 Saigon. 29 April 1992. Rodney King riots. (Original Post) niyad Apr 29 OP

Who can forget the lines of people trying to evacuate from Saigon, and who can LoisB Apr 30 #1

LoisB

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1. Who can forget the lines of people trying to evacuate from Saigon, and who can