Vietnamese Refugees

Vietnamese Refugees

Vietnamese Refugees on a U.S. Navy vessel

South Vietnamese refugees walk across a U.S. Navy vessel. Operation Frequent Wind, the final operation in Saigon, began April 29, 1975. During a nearly constant barrage of explosions, the Marines loaded American and Vietnamese civilians, who feared for their lives, onto helicopters that brought them to waiting aircraft carriers. The Navy vessels brought them to the Philippines and eventually to Camp Pendleton, Calif.

U.S. Marines

WCU, Vietnam Digital Oral Histories, Spring and Fall 2022

1970-1980

Connor Quesenberry

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