The Vietnam War that ended after the fall of Saigon 50 years ago greatly impacted U.S. society. For some Americans, it still shapes their lives today. They include a woman who continues to work to recover the remains of her father whose U.S. Navy plane went missing in Vietnam.
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First, try a few simple habits to start your dayAP News AlertsPhotos of a power outage in Spain and Portugal knocks out ATMs, subways and traffic signalsThe World in PicturesFDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shotsGenetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hopeSpring allergies are back. Here's how to check pollen levels and keep from sneezingChinese singles are looking for love in video chats — with thousands following along in real timeGiro d'Italia cycling race to go inside the Vatican's walls in homage to Pope FrancisEspaña y Portugal se centran en la causa del gran apagón con la electricidad casi restablecidaEl desacreditado cardenal Becciu se retira del cónclave para elegir al papaWorld NewsHo Chi Minh City has rapidly changed since the Vietnam War, when it was called Saigon, the capital of the former South Vietnam. Old buildings have been demolished, replaced by high-rises and new hotels and shopping malls. But many wartime landmarks are still visible throughout the city.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. This photo provided by Jeanie Jacobs Huffman shows her, right, with Principle Deputy Director of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Fern Sumpter Winbush, left, during an unveiling ceremony for the 2025 National Recognition Day poster. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. George Bennett stands in front of a totem on the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett with children from the Dau Tieng village during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. George Bennett sits at his desk on the SEARHC campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. Chic Canfora recounts the events of May 4, 1970, standing at the pagoda where National Guardsmen knelt and shot towards students in the parking lot at rear, during an interview Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Kent, Ohio. A general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University in Kent Ohio, May 4, 1970. U.S. National Guardsmen opened fire during the protests killing four students and wounding five. Ho Chi Minh City has rapidly changed since the Vietnam War, when it was called Saigon, the capital of the former South Vietnam. Old buildings have been demolished, replaced by high-rises and new hotels and shopping malls. But many wartime landmarks are still visible throughout the city.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. 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. This photo provided by Jeanie Jacobs Huffman shows her, right, with Principle Deputy Director of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Fern Sumpter Winbush, left, during an unveiling ceremony for the 2025 National Recognition Day poster. This photo provided by Jeanie Jacobs Huffman shows her, right, with Principle Deputy Director of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Fern Sumpter Winbush, left, during an unveiling ceremony for the 2025 National Recognition Day poster. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. George Bennett stands in front of a totem on the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. George Bennett stands in front of a totem on the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett with children from the Dau Tieng village during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett with children from the Dau Tieng village during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. George Bennett sits at his desk on the SEARHC campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. George Bennett sits at his desk on the SEARHC campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. Chic Canfora recounts the events of May 4, 1970, standing at the pagoda where National Guardsmen knelt and shot towards students in the parking lot at rear, during an interview Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Kent, Ohio. Chic Canfora recounts the events of May 4, 1970, standing at the pagoda where National Guardsmen knelt and shot towards students in the parking lot at rear, during an interview Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Kent, Ohio. A general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University in Kent Ohio, May 4, 1970. U.S. National Guardsmen opened fire during the protests killing four students and wounding five. A general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University in Kent Ohio, May 4, 1970. U.S. National Guardsmen opened fire during the protests killing four students and wounding five. 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.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. They include: A woman dedicated to recovering her father’s remains after the bomber he piloted disappeared over Vietnam’s Gulf of Tonkin. A Vietnam veteran who was heckledwhen he returned home and now assists fellow veterans in rural Alaska. And an anti-war movement stalwart who has spent decades advocating for free speech after her brother was wounded when Ohio National Guard troops fired into a crowd of protesters at Kent State University.As communist troops streamed into Saigon, a few remaining reporters kept photos and stories flowing This photo provided by Jeanie Jacobs Huffman shows her, right, with Principle Deputy Director of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Fern Sumpter Winbush, left, during an unveiling ceremony for the 2025 National Recognition Day poster. This photo provided by Jeanie Jacobs Huffman shows her, right, with Principle Deputy Director of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Fern Sumpter Winbush, left, during an unveiling ceremony for the 2025 National Recognition Day poster. Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, Jeanie Jacobs Huffman has not lost hope of bringing her father home. Huffman was only five months old when her father, Navy Cdr. Edward J. Jacobs Jr., was reported missing in action after the plane he was piloting to photograph enemy targets vanished in 1967 over the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. Huffman has dedicated her life to finding the plane and recovering his remains and those of his two crew members. She also serves on the board of directors of Mission: POW-MIA, a nonprofit group dedicated to finding unaccounted Americans from past conflicts.A professional photographer, Huffman has made a poster featuring the faces of the 1,573 missing service members from Vietnam.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. 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. A year ago, she visited the Gulf of Tonkin through a trip with the United States Institute of Peace, a nonprofit that promotes education and research on conflicts to prevent future wars. The group’s translator, who was from North Vietnam and also lost family members in theShe’s pushing for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to conduct an underwater search operation next year in hopes of recovering the plane. The U.S. Department of Defense agency is responsible for recovering and identifying service members listed as missing in action or prisoners of war. “He deserves to be brought back home,” she said. “Even if it’s just a bone or a dog tag. Even the tangible things, like a dog tag or a piece of his plane, mean a lot to me because I don’t have anything else.” This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. For George Bennett, the road to sobriety and mental health continued long after flying home through San Francisco in 1968, where “sneering” protesters met Someone yelled out, “baby killer.” Another spit at them. He and his fellow soldiers were turned away from one airport restaurant. Only later did he realize how much Vietnam had changed him because the war went against the strict sense of values and Indigenous practices instilled by his parents. George Bennett stands in front of a totem on the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. George Bennett stands in front of a totem on the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium campus in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, April 28, 2025. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett with children from the Dau Tieng village during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett with children from the Dau Tieng village during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. A member of Alaska’s Tlingit tribe, Bennett said, “I would go get my beer and come home … just drink beer and do nothing.” “I think part of it was the fact that I was ashamed and guilty because I was part of the atrocity that occurred in Vietnam. I feel that I violated the value and some of our cultural norms, and it made me want to run.”Finally, he wound up receiving help for alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s taken him 30 years to feel better, largely because of the support of Mary, his wife of 55 years. She insisted they move to the southeast Alaska city of Sitka, where he has integrated back into his native Tlingit culture. He’s now Alaska’s sole rural veteran liaison, helping veterans secure benefits in the military’s health care system. “I really had to find my spiritual way again,” he said. “It took me a while to get there, but here I am.” Chic Canfora recounts the events of May 4, 1970, standing at the pagoda where National Guardsmen knelt and shot towards students in the parking lot at rear, during an interview Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Kent, Ohio. Chic Canfora recounts the events of May 4, 1970, standing at the pagoda where National Guardsmen knelt and shot towards students in the parking lot at rear, during an interview Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Kent, Ohio. Chic Canfora still becomes emotional when she talks about the fall of Saigon.when Ohio National Guard troops fired into the crowd, killing four fellow students and wounding nine others, including her brother. The bullets sent Canfora diving for cover. She believes the protest helped galvanize public opinion that would hasten the withdrawal of U.S. troops and ultimately lead to the fall of Saigon and the war’s demise. A decade ago, Canfora visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington and was overcome at seeing how the number of names of the fallen dwindled after 1970. “That was the first time it really hit me the impact of the anti-war movement and, so it’s particularly meaningful for me this year,” she said, choking up. Canfora, who teaches journalism at Kent State, has spent her life sharing what she experienced. She said the lessons learned are more relevant than ever amid the Trump administration’sA general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University in Kent Ohio, May 4, 1970. U.S. National Guardsmen opened fire during the protests killing four students and wounding five. A general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University in Kent Ohio, May 4, 1970. U.S. National Guardsmen opened fire during the protests killing four students and wounding five. when then Ohio Gov. James Rhodes, who sent in the National Guard, called the Kent State demonstrators “the worst type of people that we harbor in America.” “I was too young and too naive to recognize the danger of such inflammatory rhetoric because, in essence, all of these leaders in our country were putting targets on the backs of American college students who have historically served as the conscience of America,” Canfora said.Thiessen is an Associated Press all-formats reporter based in Anchorage, Alaska. He covers Alaska Native issues and other general assignments.Carney wins Canadian election, while Conservative leader loses his seat in Parliament
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