Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mutunga tonu o te Pakanga o Vietnam i te 30 o Aperira 1975, ka pakaru tētahi tanki NVA T-54 i roto i te kuwaha matua o te Whare Perehitini o te RVN i to rātau taone nui o Saigon, i haere tahi ai me ngā hōia o Vietnam ki te Raki, i te mutunga o te wikitōria a Vietnam ki te Raki ki te Tonga. Ko tēnei pikitia i kitea whānuitia e te tokomaha, tērā pea ko te wā whakahirahira o te mutunga o te pakanga toto e 20 tau te roa i Vietnam, tae atu ki te hinganga o te Reipa o Vietnam
me te mutunga tata o te whai wāhi o Amerika ki ngā mahi anti-Kōmunist i taua rohe o Āhia ki te Tonga-rawhiti. E ai ki te Pentagon, i te 1975 Spring Offensive, i ngaro nga ope ARVN i te 250 M48A3 tanks, 300 M41 tanks, 1,381 M113 APCs, 1,607 pupuhi, 200 RCL pupuhi me te 63,000 M72 LAWs.