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Throwback Thursday: 10 years after Saigon falls, Bob Simon reflects on Vietnam

In an April 1985 episode of “Face the Nation,” Bob Simon tells Lesley Stahl about his recent trip to Vietnam, and says visiting the country 10 years after the fall of Saigon is “almost like walking into a Broadway theater the night after a play has closed: it’s recognizable, but it’s not the same.”
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