To the north, U.S. marines ripped down a Red North Vietnamese flag that had enraged them and hoisted the Stars and Stripes overU.S. spokesmen said about 900 Viet Cong battled on in Saigon ...

Lieutenant Bui Quang Than raised the Viet Cong flag atop the palace. General Minh surrendered unconditionally at 10:24 a.m., instructing ARVN forces to cease fire.

Nearly 20 newsmen and photographers flocked around a Viet Cong flag set up in the middle of the field for last week’s meeting; the U.S. command had flown only four newsmen to the site.

Your Daily Briefing: How a Vietnam POW survived to salute the flag when he returned home Gary Estwick The Daily Briefing is The Tennessean's morning round-up of today's news that matters most to you.