The following is a list of all sources used by the author for the Fall of South Vietnam Project. It will be updated as necessary during the research and writing.

Print Sources

Butler, David
The Fall of Saigon
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster; 1985.

Hastings, Max
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy
New York, NY: Harper Collins; 2019

Wiest, Anthony
Vietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN
New York, NY: NYU Press; 2007.

  1. The Fall of Saigon

  2. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy

  3. Vietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN

Online Sources

Glen, T.
Bitter Memories: The Fall of Saigon, April 1975
United States Central Intelligence Agency, 2015

No Author Listed
The Fall of Saigon (1975): The Bravery of American Diplomats and Refugees
National Museum of American Diplomacy, 2021

Thieu, Nguyen Van
Regisnation Speech
United States Central Intelligence Agency, 1975

  1. Bitter memories: The Fall of Saigon, April 1974 -

  2. The Fall of Saigon (1975): The Bravery of American Diplomats and Refugees -

  3. Resignation Speech of President Nguyen Van Thieu (PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT) -

Video Sources

Image Sources

  1. US National Archives -

  2. Wikimedia Commons - Contains a vast number of photographs in an easily searchable format with clear licensing information.

  3. US Naval History and Heritage Command -

The above sources were utilized without any type of explicit authorization from their creators. This project is an original work using information gained from the above cited sources.