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The steel fortress that sheltered the former Saigon regime

The steel fortress that sheltered the former Saigon regime

On April 8, 1975, as bombs began to fall on Independence Palace, the then President Nguyen Van Thieu and his family hid in a steel-encased concrete bomb shelter beneath the building. Now the palace is open to the public, the underground system has come to light too.
 
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