Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, a new poll found the Vietnam War remains the least-supported conflict of the major American wars of the past century.

The Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media poll showed that sentiment is felt even more strongly among those who fought in the war than the general public, with 46 percent of Vietnam veterans saying they don’t believe it was justified and 41 percent saying they believe it was.

Among adults, the poll showed the Vietnam War is viewed as the least-justified war, with 44 percent saying it wasn’t and 29 percent saying it was. Just more than a quarter said they were unsure.

The results came ahead of the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon in what was South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, when the war officially concluded. The United States completed its withdrawal from the conflict in 1973.

Perceptions of the war became increasingly poor as it carried on and as the U.S. and ally South Vietnam........

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