{"id":35369,"date":"2013-04-30T20:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35369"},"modified":"2013-04-30T20:28:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T00:28:50","slug":"38-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35369","title":{"rendered":"38 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can’t believe I forgot this. Saigon fell 38 years ago today.<\/p>\n

Trivia note: though this is perhaps the most well-known and iconic photo of of US evacuation operations that occurred that day, the photo is neither the roof of the US Embassy nor a US military aircraft<\/a>. The photo is of an Air America helicopter evacuating CIA Station Saigon personnel from a Saigon apartment complex where they were housed. UPI “got it wrong” when they originally captioned the photo 38 years ago.<\/p>\n

The US evacuation of Saigon (Operation Frequent Wind<\/a>) is worth reading about if you have the time. Some really riveting stories there – including those of the only 2 RVANF O-1 “Bird Dog” landings on a US carrier.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to TAH reader John Robert Mallernee for the reminder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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