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29th April 1975: USA leaves Vietnam in Operation Frequent Wind
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-04-28 21:05:24
Description: On 29th April 1975, America began Operation Frequent Wind – the evacuation of over 1,000 American civilians and a further 6,000 "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon.  The largest ever helicopter evacuation lasted for 19 hours and involved 81 helicopters shuttling the evacuees to US Navy ships moored in the South China Sea. With North Vietnamese troops closing in on the capital by March 1975, the US had already evacuated 45,000 people by April 29th.  However, with fixed-wing evacuations impossible due to the approaching army, US Ambassador Graham Martin ordered the commencement of Operation Frequent Wind.  American Forces Radio made their pre-arranged ...
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