Vietnamese refugees in Chicago mark 50 years since Saigon’s fall

CHICAGO (WGN) — Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.

The end of the Vietnam War was a pivotal moment in U.S. history – and one that brought a wave of refugees to Chicago, forever changing the landscape of the city.

There is a section of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood known as “Asia on Argyle,” a neighborhood whose seeds were planted a half century ago, 87,000 miles, and a world away.

Doug Nguyen was just 10 years old on April 30, 1975, when communist North Vietnamese forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon.  

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