Chaos in the Streets
The war ended in defeat for the Americans and those of South Vietnam, with North Vietnamese troops seizing Saigon. Marking their victory on April 30, 1975, Viet Cong flags were raised on top of the city’s Independence Palace. It was a time of utter chaos. As the children of an American serviceman, the sisters and their mother were in real danger as they could be seen as American sympathizers.
Source: ocregister.com
Rumors were swirling around that the North Vietnamese would have no mercy on anyone associated with the U.S. military. “There were a lot of rumors that Vietnamese women with Amerasian babies would be tortured,” Slowey said. As the Viet Cong were closing in on Saigon, American helicopters started flying in.