Vietnam Remembered

In this famous photograph by Hugh Van Es, evacuees scramble to board a CIA helicopter atop a Saigon apartment building on April 29, 1975. Van Es died Friday at the age of 67.
He recorded the 1975 photograph of a group of people scaling a stairway to a CIA helicopter on an apartment rooftop.

Hugh Van Es dies at 67;

Dutch photojournalist took famous Saigon evacuation photo

Van Es was considered by colleagues to be fearless ...
Hugh Van Es, a Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and recorded the most famous image of the fall of Saigon in 1975 -- a group of people scaling a ladder to a CIA helicopter on a rooftop -- died Friday morning in Hong Kong, his wife said. He was 67. Read More >

Another of 'Nam's photo journalist passes, Hugh dies shortly after Eddie Adams. I have a post up placed shortly after his passing: You can view here