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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Academy Award®-Nominated Film Last Days in Vietnam in Conjunction with 40Th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Academy Award®-Nominated Film Last Days in Vietnam in Conjunction with 40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon Premieres Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS April 1975. During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon, South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. City after city and village after village fell to the North while the few U.S. diplomats and military operatives still in the country contemplated withdrawal. With the lives of thousands of South Vietnamese hanging in the balance, those in control faced an impossible choice––who would go and who would be left behind to face brutality, imprisonment, or even death. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents the Academy Award®-nominated film Last Days in Vietnam, directed by Rory Kennedy, on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS. Scheduled in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the broadcast will contain additional footage not seen during the film’s theatrical release. In 1973, the Paris Peace Accords had forged a tenuous ceasefire and limited U.S. military involvement to the presence of approximately six thousand non-combat troops and advisors. While President Nixon promised a swift military response should the North Vietnamese violate the agreement, his abrupt departure from the White House in late 1974 left in its wake a Congress unwilling to appropriate funds to Vietnam or put U.S. soldiers back in harm’s way. By early March 1975, huge swaths of territory were overrun daily by the North Vietnamese Army, and by the end of the month, they had surrounded the capital, preparing to launch their final assault on Saigon. As the inevitability of a communist victory became clear, the U.S. diplomats and military operatives still in Saigon grew increasingly concerned for the safety of their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends. Even the most ambitious U.S. evacuation plan allowed for the transport of just a few thousand South Vietnamese refugees. By April 25, the number of people in Saigon wishing to flee swelled far beyond that projection. Yet even as the North Vietnamese troops drew close to Saigon, U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin, himself the father of a fallen Vietnam veteran, steadfastly refused to discuss an evacuation, both for fear of panicking the South Vietnamese population and out of a stubborn reluctance to admit defeat. With the clock ticking and the city under fire, American officers on the ground found themselves faced with a moral dilemma: whether to follow official policy and evacuate U.S. citizens and their dependents only, or to ignore orders and evacuate the men, women, and children they had come to value and love in their years in Vietnam. At the risk of their careers and possible courts-martial, a handful of individuals took matters into their own hands. Engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations, they waged a desperate effort to get as many South Vietnamese out of the country as possible. On April 29, the airport in Saigon was bombed, leaving few options for evacuation. What ensued was a desperate scramble to board one of the helicopters carrying refugees to a small fleet of ships floating just offshore in the South China Sea. U.S. Navy ships, initially sent to offer support and protection to Americans, rapidly and unexpectedly played a central role in the frantic evacuation, taking aboard both American and South Vietnamese helicopters, and countless evacuees. However, most of the action on that final, fateful day took place at the besieged U.S. Embassy in Saigon, where thousands of South Vietnamese scaled the walls in hopes of securing a last-minute evacuation. As desperation rose and time grew short, Ambassador Graham Martin used American resources meant for his own protection to extract thousands of South Vietnamese during an airlift from the embassy compound. In conjunction with Last Days in Vietnam, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is launching a national outreach campaign, bringing together Vietnamese Americans, U.S. veterans, and their communities to share their experiences from that turbulent time. The cornerstone of the campaign is the “First Days Story Project,” a partnership with StoryCorps. Forty years after those last days, the “First Days Story Project” is recording the stories of the Vietnamese American and veteran communities during their first days in the United States after the war and will archive them in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. These stories will be published as part of a comprehensive multimedia digital experience, launching April 2015. Last Days in Vietnam anchors a special week of programming related to the Vietnam War, and will be preceded at 8:00 p.m. ET by THE DAY THE ’60s DIED, which chronicles the nation’s upheaval during May 1970, the month in which four students were shot dead at Kent State University during a protest against the Vietnam War. Premiering on Monday, April 27 at 9:00 p.m. ET, THE DRAFT takes a look at the turbulent history of this American institution and dives into the discussion of how mandatory military service has defined our nation. DICK CAVETT’S VIETNAM, following at 10:00 p.m. ET, is a look back at the conversations the talk show host had about the war with a range of high-profile public figures. Both Last Days in Vietnam and THE DRAFT are part of PBS Stories of Service. Last Days in Vietnam will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on April 28, 2015, as well as for online viewing at pbs.org/amercanexperience. * * * About the Participants, in order of appearance Stuart Herrington, retired Colonel, U.S. Army, was a captain at the time of the Vietnam War, and served as an intelligence advisor to the South Vietnamese military. Henry Kissinger joined President Richard Nixon’s administration as National Security Advisor in 1969. He later served as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating the United States’ withdrawal from Vietnam. Juan Valdez, retired Master Gunnery Sergeant, was the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Marine Security Guard detachment stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. He was the last American soldier out of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Frank Snepp served in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1968 to 1976. During the Vietnam War, he was a chief analyst of North Vietnamese strategy in Saigon. Kiem Do was a Navy captain in South Vietnam. He served as the Navy’s deputy chief of staff for operations during the war. Ron Nessen was White House Press Secretary serving under President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977. Binh Pho was a college student in South Vietnam during the war. Following the war, he spent a year in a re- education camp but escaped by boat to Malaysia in 1978. He now lives in the U.S. Steve Hasty, retired Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, served three tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, the last as a staff sergeant commanding the Marine Security Guard detachment assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Can Tho. Rep. Pete McCloskey, (R) CA, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. In 1972, he ran for President against Richard Nixon on an anti-Vietnam War platform. He served in the U.S. Navy, followed by the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve. He retired as a colonel. Terry McNamara served as Consul General to Vietnam from 1974 to April 1975. Hugh Doyle was the Chief Engineer on the USS Kirk. Gerald Berry, retired Colonel, was a captain in the Marine Corps at the end of the Vietnam War. Richard Armitage joined the U.S. Defense Attaché Office in Saigon in 1973 after three combat tours in Vietnam as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. Joseph McBride served with the U.S. State Department in Saigon during the evacuation in 1975. Dam Pham was a Navy lieutenant in South Vietnam during the war. Jim Laurie was an NBC News Correspondent stationed in Saigon, covering the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia. Mike Sullivan, retired Master Sergeant, was a staff sergeant in the Marine Security Guard and assistant to Master Sergeant Juan Valdez, serving to protect the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Paul Jacobs, retired Commander, U.S. Navy, was a captain and Commanding Officer of the USS Kirk at the time of the Vietnam War. Miki Nguyen, a South Vietnamese native, was six years old when his family evacuated Saigon in 1975. About the Filmmakers Directed and Produced by Rory Kennedy Written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester Edited by Don Kleszy Original Music Gary Lionelli Director of Photography Joan Churchill, A.S.C. Produced by Keven McAlester For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Senior Producer Sharon Grimberg Executive Producer Mark Samels A Moxie Firecracker Production for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Rory Kennedy (Director/Producer) is an Emmy Award-winning independent documentary filmmaker, as well as co-founder and president of Moxie Firecracker Films. Her films cover an array of issues ranging from poverty to politics to human rights. Her work has been shown on PBS, HBO, A&E, MTV, and Lifetime. Her most recent project, Ethel, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast on HBO, and nominated for five Primetime Emmys. Kennedy has directed and produced more than 25 documentaries, including Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (Primetime Emmy Award for Best Non-Fiction Film, 2007); Thank You, Mr.
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