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NYTIMES (Jeré Longman) - Lionel Rosenblatt Dies at 82; Led Daring Rescue of Vietnamese Refugees

In an unsanctioned mission, the Foreign Service officer helped evacuate about 200 South Vietnamese citizens from Saigon days before the city fell in 1975.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world/asia/lionel-rosenblatt-dead.html
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NYTIMES (Trip Gabriel) - Juan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88

During the fall of the South Vietnamese capital in 1975, he helped evacuate thousands, and was nearly left behind.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/us/politics/juan-jose-valdez-dead.html
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WASHINGTONPOST (Harrison Smith) - The last Marine to leave Vietnam has died. Juan Valdez was 88.

As North Vietnamese troops closed in, he was the last Marine to board the last helicopter out of Saigon. “He was a model leader,” said one who served with him.

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Sourcehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/02/28/juan-valdez-dead-last-marine-vietnam/
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