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ah, ah ah, ah, caravel saigon was built during the time that the very turbulent era the caravel was the great vantage point. ah, from the roof of the caravel hotel, we could see very clearly the evacuation this sort of a front row seat, if you will, on the top of the caravel to the final stages of the war with its qualified in my mind as the perfect war. oh, tell me. i

aah in the whole team in the city in vietnam once so i got the old capital of sunk vietnam at its heart, his lamb sewing square, where journalists diplomats military stuff and spies rubbed shoulders in its famous hotels during the vietnam war. ah, the area around loves all square. you've got the caravel on one side, the continental on the other, the old passage, a den where the

a p office was in my office, the nbc office, and the visit news office. all of these agencies were there and then down the other end of the square, the wrecks hotel. this was the nucleus of the life that we led as war correspondents at that time. this is the saigon that we knew a very small, but very pivotal area of saigon, where we sort of made our home for a number of years. the, the caravan was built shortly after the 1st into china war in 1954. at 10 stories, it was the tallest building in the city, and it became a significant base for reporters who arrived in saigon and the early 1900 sixty's, to cover the vietnam war. john gardner, once a general manager of the caravel, remembers those war reporters from his childhood. the famous journalist for that i recall, were david hel,

bostrom peter arnett niel. she in molly cypher. tim page. they were names that i grew up with as a teenager watching the vietnam ward on tv every night. fellow new zealander peter arnett, is credited as being the only western journalist to covered a 20 year war from start to finish. i was assigned to vietnam by the associated press as a correspondent with their saigon bureau. and i arrived there in saigon and june of 962 at that time, saigon still had the atmosphere of the french colonial cities. when i arrived in saigon, i checked in at the caravel hotel that was a residence where a p star, those who were in and out of the country,

always stayed the war then was between north and south vietnam. but as it intensified, american presence in saigon grew. the 1st 400 u. s. military advisors checked in to the rex hotel. but some stayed at the caravel enough to interest the journalists there. what was interesting to me as a journalist, that in the hotel the caravel were staying there were crow cut, young americans in the bar, and walking around in the restaurant of it. it turned out that they were american soldiers on leave, from the, from being military advisors in the country side. clearly things were moving along to me as a journalist to indicate that there was a real story. at that time and side on our nets,

journalistic intuition was spot on. in 1963 south vietnam was in disarray. the unpopular and autocratic president was deposed in a qu, backed by the u. s. and the caravel was at the center of the war reporting action. the caravel hotel proved its usefulness and burst under the headlines. november 1 of 963. that was when those a military coup a tar, against the covent of president. no den z m, which led to the assassination of the president. and his brother. in the course of that action of 24 hour period, the center of saigon was of was zone. the press retreated in effect to the caravel hotel. and that was when many of the stories were basically

of not date one and the caravel. we certainly mention that a lot of the, what we were saying was from the caravel, the u. s. military officially joined the war in 900. 64 and hundreds of reporters camera crews and photographers descended on saigon. hotels quickly filled up the passage in building the hotel continental, the majestic and of course, the caravel. it became a desirable location for journalists, particularly the american networks, c, b, s and a b, c. not only did they have correspondence like dan, rather, molly, safer and others out in the field covering the actual war. but they had an

administrative staff that occupied the sweets on the corners of the building lodge sweets and also where it was meant dozens of rooms they rented permanently, ah, for locals. these press hotels was something of a spectacle. as a boy hung vanco lived in a small traditional house behind the caravel. from where he watched the news crews come and go, hung will become a war photographer, himself. cash i got, i ran our talk on the man that the one going show getting food on a junk story. like on your name, give your name, tell it the math only thought that they should some nice to see more go bad and yeah, i will go back my mouth and to get all my nice show of our long boat the co

and to cut her and shall no need lamarche jim thought could lead to an end you me. but soon the hotels themselves became targets. a huge explosion shook the caravel in 1900. 64 after a bomb was planted on the 5th floor, where many journalists stayed there. yeah, not a good day in mind, yet in the old acting latin, you know, call kind all those law law known pe, latha. i think mom, no one got new guy nor been though rocks. all that though, he whom i mom note like and one looked long thing. mom natalie. wow. you go back now guys like i lived on,

ki king my we really didn't want no rooms were damaged. the windows of several cars in to door street were blown out, and some passes by were injured. most of the journalists were out in assignment, so there were no casualties amongst them that day. the caravel was not a safe haven. in the sense that there was no protective and are at around the door and those security people the were not bunkers in front of that. it was just open. it was an open hotel just for civilian hotel. no place in saigon was say, the, the war escalated and by 1965, there were around 200000 american soldiers in the region. when the 1st marines landed in south vietnam, they were accompanied by more news cruise. this 967 photograph of the

a b c. news crew in the care of our rooftop restaurant has become an icon of vietnam's news coverage. caravel hotel was built with bulletproof glass. it also had a backup generator for in those days, there were many blackouts of electricity's. it was also the only building in the city that had air conditioning. and the communication was one of the few buildings in the, in the city that had a fax machine. so the journalists considered it a good communication center. the 1st of all, it was a well run, modern residency, excellent staff. it had a very supportive management that catered to the needs of the journalists,

keeping the bar open most of the night. for example, making show communications systems existed so the caravel became no one as the press. so towel in 1967, half a 1000000 us troops were in vietnam. and saigon hotels were again packed. the western media presence w that year, including bbc cameras on eric data. my 1st trip to vietnam was with a real wonderful veteran correspondence with ddc, anthony lawrence, and the counter man who subsequently taught me everything. i know modest man bill bagley and we were sent off. seemed a long way away we had now. i know i'd never been to asia and there we were in the country with a war 900. 68 was the bloodiest year,

the war. and the extensive coverage of the infamous tet offensive rock to the us and started turning american public opinion against the war. again, the war came to the count of al, from the evening of january 31 through several months, the saigon itself was subject to frequent battles. the american embassy was, was attacked, the palace. again, the caravel was a, a refuge for journalists. so figured it was too dangerous to live in houses and would check into the caravel. and again, from the roof top, you could get a sense of the mayhem and difficulties being faced by the by the american vietnamese military and by the civilian population. came our

morgan kinda show me that molten thought. ne, loud dan, warm, none, it always got we got mad now we're doing whitening, catching all those he la fung. you didn't you eat my them from being doing new are way fin ran new a new men. me both sides suffered heavy losses, but the offensive heralded shifts and the war. richard nixon became us president in 1969 and began withdrawing troops and started secret negotiations with hon. but then in 1970, he bombed neighboring cambodia. a new wave of correspondence had to shuttle between

vietnam and come bonia to cover the spreading story. jim laurie was one of them. i arrived and shy gun in april of 1970 age 22. not knowing very much about vietnam, nor about the war. i was a backpack or turned freelancer, and in those days, the places to stay where the caravel, the continental, maybe the majestic on the waterfront. but i didn't have the money for that. so i stayed at basically a $5.00 a night run down hotel. it was called the royal hotel. there was nothing royal about it at all. but i simply, you know, given the money that i had, that was the place that i 1st stayed in 1970 the last war years were intense on all sides. for those fighting it, and those reporting it in 19731 year after america, the most brutal bombing of north vietnam. the paris peace accords ended us direct

involvement in vietnam. but the war was not over in 1975 events in cambodia shook the us on the 17th of april. the cambodian capital tell pen fell to the communist. come out roofs and the americans had to walk straight, a sudden evacuation. it was clear, the united states was about to lose sophia. now to so the war, reporters shuttled back to side guns hotels. when cambodia fell to the command rouge i came over to vietnam. i arrived with a brilliant and very experienced australian camera man named niel davis. we arrived in saigon and tried to decide where to stay. we thought about the continental, we thought about the majestic, we thought about other hotels. and we felt that maybe the caravel might afford

a bit more security. it was a sturdy or hotel we felt than the older continental. so on the 26th of april, we checked in to the caravel hotel. i was in the car of was a handful of other journalists who had decided to stay behind to see what happened when the communists took over the city. me on the 29th of april, the communists closed in on. so i go. the americans ordered their 2nd regional evacuation in 2 weeks. most of the dramatic footage and photographs of the withdrawal were taken from the caravel hotel. for many of the reporters were here in saigon from april 29, april 30th of 975. this was sort of the front row seat if you will,

on the top of the caravel to the final stages of the war. me from the roof of the caravel hotel, we could see very clearly the evacuation at the american embassy. a bas, just 2 or 3 blocks away. so all of the network cameraman set up. so a lot of people were fighting to get into the embassy over the war, whatever. ah, nearly a 100 journalists chose to stay inside on the carnival was a frenzy of activity in the last hours before the city finally fell. in the early as of april 30, i was awakened and my room with the thundering air strikes and attacks. i quickly got dressed and went to the roof. i could see

a bit amazed transport plane take off from the airport and start climbing into the sky. it exploded in flames as breached just a few 1000 feet. and it was clearly indicated that just a matter of time before they communist forces, barinello vicinity deal davis. and i, on the morning of the 30th, had a very nice breakfast. and then we went to the embassy itself. we happened to get there around 7 o'clock in the morning of the 30th of april, 75, and we watched the last helicopter leave the roof of the embassy with as a last american culture lifted off from the u. s. embassy, rooftop, hundreds of north vietnamese tanks, packed with soldiers, advanced into the gold plan. van comb was assigned to cover the advance

name jap. olga will bout not. they won't bout. now. cato take online, you may not make those long. those soon love hot a. get a kiss hallowed off to so you take one re and why though mall no shot tomor tomorrow. the guy bocce man hagi, my going i don't l t o t says into bowie, and i auto stop thought all the good one panel. dante, all yo yo kato, oh, from me and from my g, g la, you satellite home. oh, i walked up to the american embassy, then it was being ransacked by vietnam, made as many of them angry because they hadn't been able to leave. and the, and the helicopter, many of them taking the opportunity to grab anything they could have value

roughly an hour or so after the chaos at the u. s. embassy, and after we photograph that, we decided to split up. neil i went with neil initially over to the the palace. he felt as i did that soon, the north vietnamese force would be arriving. so i made my way back to the n b c. news office. and then we heard on saigon radio. the unconditional surrender of general min, who was the provisional leader of south vietnam at the time. around noon, the north vietnamese change reached the presidential palace gates. the 1st north vietnamese tag came through failed at 1st to break down the gate and then backed up tried again and crashed through the gate of the palace. and kneel, got that classic shot with the flag of the national liberation front. waving from

top the tank door to view the monk. come those english. come go. come to josh at the bank more a lot more and they towed up long it more. come go high ran by totally fema, mockingly. oh, phone me anyway hope la and new navy. now in i came back to the care of l hotel and i was very much in this location, came out to the balcony and spotted in this direction. north vietnamese tanks. this area which is now a subway construction area, had a pass road. the road. took the north vietnamese tanks out to the square. they made a right turn, which in those days was freedom st. heading down towards the saigon river.

me returning to the count of cameras on eric, tighter and corresponded. brian baron filmed the rousing victory scenes. this photograph taken from the count of el hotel, shows eric on top of an american car advancing ahead of a communist tank. we found a convoy of tanks. fact heading towards the street where the caravel hotel in the continental palace hotel. ah. so we followed it and then one of them overtook us. and then another one came behind us and i said to brian, why don't we just get out on the to take some great track. we had to do a tracking shot. wonderful. and we got some great images of the welcoming crowds on today's street. one of the interesting moments for me,

i looked over the caravel and there was a large ca minutes flag hanging from the middle windows of the hotel. that full store 4 rooms wide and 3 or 4 deep. that the star for the hotel clearly had preparing in advance. the caravan would be regarded favorably by the new communist occupiers, ah, in april 30th, 1975, marked the official end of the vietnam war. with heavy loss of life on both sides, nearly a 100 journalists were killed. all went missing during that war. on his roof overlooking the caravel hotel, from van combe built him memorial to the journalists killed in the 2 into china

wars. for some lamps. look now talk, i'm hungry. i don't know who read. i didn't feel at all. my june. zoe looked now she is a good i have been given the carnival hotel continue to prosper and thrive. in the postwar years to day, it remains a landmark in the city and the repository of the treasured memory of those journalists who made this war hotel, their headquarters, their sanctuary, and their home in we're speaking about half a century ago. in terms of being a war hotel for correspondence delivered,

it was what the ward, in a sense, really never ended for me. ah. the 1st impressions that you have when you are a young person, are the deepest impressions you have when you show up at a war zone in a place. cambodia, vietnam at age 22. that sticks with you for the rest of your life. ah, when the war action ever came to saigon life, be overthrown, node and z, and the military code the tet offensive. and now the fall of saigon, the caravel was the great vantage point. and i and because the hotel continued to operate and provide food and lodgings, it qualified in my mind as the perfect war. oh tell and does to this day when i think about it, ah,

ah ah news news. news. news. news. just again, it's a way of life. every, every shows, every gum brings us together. we try to miles so we can say we would, we flew every month and going with a game together. it's

more than just the game. we understand the differences in the culture, the cost to what movie we've been using. curren does that matter to you? the more than 150 people are unaccounted for in the us building collapse with bad weather. humphreys, search and rescue. ah, i'm about this and this is all just a life and also coming up facing decades in prison form of.