President Ford at a National Security Council Meeting
4/28/1975
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President Gerald R. Ford ordered the evacuation of the last Americans from South Vietnam on this day in 1975. This photograph shows Ford during a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the situation. The North Vietnamese captured Saigon two days later, the Fall of Saigon.
This primary source comes from the Collection GRF-WHPO: White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 23898451
Full Citation: Photograph GRF-WHPO-A4238-19A; President Gerald R. Ford at a National Security Council Meeting to Discuss the Situation in South Vietnam; 4/28/1975; Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, 8/9/1974 - 1/20/1977; Collection GRF-WHPO: White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration); Gerald R. Ford Library, Ann Arbor, MI. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/president-ford-national-security-council-meeting, June 19, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.