April 30, 1975 is commonly understood to be the dramatic endpoint of the Vietnam War. For the victorious Vietnamese, what they called the liberation of Saigon marked a âtotal victory after thirty years of grim and bloody sacrifice.â[1] For those Vietnamese who lost, the events of late April evoke the collapse of their country, the […]
Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer (Part II)
by Buddy Levy In Part I published previously on The History Reader, author Buddy Levy introduces readers to Lincoln Ellsworth and shares how he and...
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