Evacuation Of Vietnam Helicopter Roof

It s one of the iconic images of the vietnam war.

Evacuation of vietnam helicopter roof.

Helicopters and buses were to shuttle people from the embassy to the dao compound. Evacuees from the dao compound are offloaded onto the u s. Navy aircraft carrier uss midway cva 41 during the evacuation of south vietnam operation. Vietnamese refugees board a u s.

The original evacuation plans had not called for a large scale helicopter operation at the united states embassy saigon. Marine corps sikorsky ch 53 sea stallion helicopter from hmh 463 at landing zone 39 a parking lot at ton son nhut air base in saigon vietnam 29 april 1975. Operation frequent wind was the final phase in the evacuation of american civilians and at risk vietnamese from saigon south vietnam prior to the takeover of the city by the north vietnamese people s army of vietnam pavn in the fall of saigon it was carried out on 29 30 april 1975 during the last days of the vietnam war more than 7 000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various. Thursday marks the 40 year anniversary of the fall of saigon the end of america s war in vietnam.

And in the days before the evacuation of saigon as word got out that the end was near air america pilots tested rooftops across the city for their ability to hold a helicopter and accommodate. However in the course of the evacuation it turned out that a few thousand people were stranded at the embassy including many vietnamese. It was clear the republic of vietnam wou. By 1974 the north vietnamese troops had violated the paris peace accords and had renewed their attack on the south.

An air america helicopter crew member helps evacuees up a ladder on the roof of 18 gia long street on april 29 1975 shortly before the city fell to advancing north vietnamese troops. While thousands of american military personnel and citizens were evacuating in helicopters from the embassy roof thousands of others gathered outside the embassy walls hoping to make their way out.