Just found on the internet some pics of Saigon when it was SVR's capital:

Aerial shots,anyone finds it familiar? Tip: my school Le Hong Fong highs is near the green triangle left above,which is the intersect of 10th,3rd,1st and 5th district:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/saigon02.jpg

Another view:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/saigon1.jpg

Downtown saigon:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/saigon1967.jpg

Continental hotel:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/fozard-20-continental-palace-saigon-600x391.jpg

This in 1975 :)

http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/AsianAmerican/Images/adachisaigondl-m.jpg

Traffic was not so different from today's:

http://www.monsterchef.net/LST838/Photos/838-saigon-traffic.jpg

Now we know what was the Diamond Plaza then:

http://bobp31.homestead.com/sai_1.jpg

hey saigon_monsooner! Are u from Le Hong Phong highschool? I'm too.
How old are you? I'm 22.

I'm 17 and still there :D glad 2 know ya ...

hahaha I like the 1975 helicopter evacuation. Kudos

I know this has nothing to do with the topic but,just a few pics from my gallery that i've taken and wanna share:

City of Long Xuyen:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/DSC00190.jpg

Road to Lang Son:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/DSC00380.jpg

Well,i think i'll move them to "each day 1 picture from Vietnam" topic soon....

This is my last post of this month. :runaway:

Tu Do street:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/TuDostr.jpg

Before 1950:

Tax mall,looks cozy...so nice!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/tax.jpg

Rue Catinat,now Dong Khoi str...frenchy!!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/givral.jpg

more.....

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/aerial.jpg

Old Phu Loi church:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/nhathoPhuLoi.jpg

If you want you can go to yahoo or gooles and type in "saigon war photos" (or pictures or gallery) you'll see tons of pictures of Saigon taken by american soldiers during the 60-70

Thats close to what im doing here,bang,just to show ya some aspects in Saigon urban back then....architecture,buildings and streetz....

another one for ya
www.corbis.com
lot's of pictures of Vietnam, especially during the 60-70.....the thing is they have watermark on the images, so you might like to register.....

http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7072&stc=1
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http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7076&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7077&stc=1

http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7079&stc=1
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http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7081&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7082&stc=1

http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7083&stc=1 http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7094&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7096&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7119&stc=1

http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7120&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7158&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7159&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7422&stc=1

http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8551&stc=1
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http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8553&stc=1
http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8554&stc=1

source from : http://vnnews.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66252

There were even more cars than mopeds, right?

This has been alrealdy posted

http://vnnews.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7082&stc=1

Why airplanes pics here....3 Convairs and 1 B727....

Some more...
http://static.flickr.com/9/75953925_e646ef938a_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/41/75953924_b7dd4b36ec_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/36/75953921_4e54b34653_b.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/37/75953920_96fc711eb9_o.jpg