A closer look
The iconic 1975 photograph of desperate evacuees crowding onto a helicopter during the fall of Saigon wasn't actually taken at the US Embassy—it was the roof of an apartment building at 22 Gia Long Street that housed CIA personnel. Today, you can take a walking tour in Ho Chi Minh City that casually strolls past the building where American hegemony literally flew away. It's a surreal bit of dark tourism where sightseers take selfies at the exact spot people fought for their lives to escape.
