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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.
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.
On 19 April 1975, after North Vietnam had overrun two-thirds of South Vietnam, Midway, along with Coral Sea, Hancock, Enterprise and Okinawa, were sent to the waters off South Vietnam. Ten days later, U.S. 7th Fleet forces carried out Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon.
29 kwi 2010 · What role did the USS Midway play in the evacuation of U.S. and Vietnamese refugees who were fleeing Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War? We speak to local historians about...
In March 1965, the USS Midway (CV-41) departed her Bay Area homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda for her first combat deployment. Operating about 100 miles off the South Vietnamese coast in the Tonkin Gulf at a spot called “Yankee Station,” Midway aircraft were tasked to conduct a sustained aerial bombardment of North Vietnam as part of ...
With the fall of Saigon imminent, the USS Midway, along with a flotilla of U.S. Navy ships steamed to the waters off South Vietnam for the emergency evacuation. On April 29, 1975, Operation Frequent Wind commenced.
