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Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, speaking at a rally in November, was among the Biden appointees the Trump administration removed from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's board of trustees. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The relatives of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. who were flown to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government, protest outside the United Nations building in Caracas, Venezuela, in April. President Trump invoked the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to deport the men without due process; one of several ways he is attempting to deliver on campaign promises to "launch the largest program of criminals in the history of America." Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption
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The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (also known as the Viet Cong) on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam into a Socialist Republic governed by the Communist Party. North Vietnamese forces under the command of the General Van Tien Dung began their final attack on Saigon, with South Vietnamese forces commanded by General Nguyen Van Toan, on April 29, suffering heavy artillery bombardment. By the afternoon of the next day, North Vietnamese troops had occupied the important points of the city and raised their flag over the South Vietnamese presidential palace. The South Vietnamese government capitulated shortly afterward. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City, after the Democratic Republic's President Ho Chi Minh. The fall of the city was preceded by the evacuation of almost all the American civilian and military personnel in Saigon, along with tens of thousands of South Vietnamese civilians associated with the southern regime. The evacuation culminated in Operation Frequent Wind, the largest helicopter evacuation in history. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Pictures from History/Pictures From History/Universal/Universal Images Group Editorial hide caption
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