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6 lis 2021 · Carrier flight deck is cleared, shows a Huey helicopter being pushed overboard, crash crews at their station as the small plane makes perfect landing. A Vietnamese military pilot, Major Bung Ly...
Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon.
Those of us who did remain on the ship were told to evacuate our berthing area to make room for refugees. Several of us went to our berthing area to collect our bed sheets and pack important objects from our lockers, as we were being moved for the refugees.
Stock Footage Link: https://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/titles/pd_dc_314.php As the fall of Saigon Vietnam becomes painfully evident the American Aircraft Carrier…
Evacuation Photos by Dirck Halstead ~ April 29, 1975 Dirck Halstead was a combat photographer in Vietnam & took these photos as he was being evacuated to Midway .
Midway played a leading role in the amazing rescue operation that saved thousands of people at the end of the Vietnam War. Navy Capt. Lawrence Chambers, the USS Midway’s commanding officer, and those he rescued remember the dramatic day that changed their lives forever.
25 kwi 2019 · When South Vietnam formally surrendered on April 30th, the evacuations stopped. Including the Midway ’s 3,073 evacuees, 50,493 people were flown out by transport aircraft over the month, another 1,373 Americans and 5,595 Vietnamese and other nationals were lifted out by U. S. helicopters.
