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It was the beginning of the end of French Colonial Rule of 100 years over Vietnam. and there was worse to come in the second Vietnam War (1960-1975) with the USA getting involved in this escalating Cold war conflict.
Dramatic pictures of the final Flights of Relief to and from the camp, before the Vietnamese troops took over and made their Dance of Victory on a crashed and partly burnt C-47. See for more information also my blog about this subject.