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US officers who broke rank to save lives recall the fall of Saigon 50 years ago
The 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon this week will trigger complex and mixed emotions for those who lived through it.
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Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later
Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard ...
U.S. Navy Jet Sinks Into Red Sea After Falling Off Aircraft Carrier
A United States Navy fighter jet and a tow tractor fell off an aircraft carrier and sank in the Red Sea on Monday after the ...
U.S. Navy Accidentally Throws $64 Million Jet Overboard Off the Coast of Yemen
Although the cost of the Super Hornet has changed over time, the Navy recently bought 17 of them for $1.1 billion, making for ...
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War
Vietnamese refugees evacuated by helicopter arrive on board the USS Midway ahead of the fall of Saigon on April 29, 1975. The ...
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The First Special Forces Medal of Honor - Vietnam War
In the middle of the Tet Offensive, perhaps the most emblematic episode of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese People's ...
Thousands commemorate heroic Vietnam War rescues of 1975 in USS Midway event
The event aboard the USS Midway commemorated the anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind rescues and the fall of Saigon that ...
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US officers who broke rank to save lives recall the fall of Saigon 50 years ago
As servicemen aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier dumped millions of dollars ... the capital of South Vietnam, which the US had supported for more than a decade. Buang feared his family would ...