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(USN Photos, unless noted otherwise) |
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Flight deck filled
with Sea Stallions. |
Flight deck filled
with Sea Stallions. |
Flight deck filled
with Sea Stallions. |
Sea Stallion
From my collection |
Sea Stallions taking
off for Saigon. |
Sea Stallions taking
off for Saigon. |
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Sea Stallions taking
off for Saigon. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
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Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
Sea Stallions returning
with refugees. |
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Helicopters flying
refugees out of
South Vietnam. |
South Vietnamese
Huey & refugees.
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South Vietnamese
Huey & refugees.
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South Vietnamese
Huey & refugees.
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South Vietnamese
Huey & refugees.
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General Nguyen Cao Ky,
former South Vietnamese
Premier & head of the
VNAF, escorted by LTJG
Prater, Midway's ATO
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Midway's aft flight
deck during the
evacuation. |
South Vietnamese
pilot jumping from
a
UH-1H after
unloading passengers.
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South Vietnamese
UH-1H being pushed
overboard to make room
for a Cessna O-1 landing.
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South Vietnamese
UH-1H being pushed
overboard to make room
for a Cessna O-1 landing.
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A South Vietnamese
pilot about to land a
Cessna O-1 aboard
Midway.
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Note dropped onto
Midway's flight deck
by the Cessna O-1 pilot.
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A South Vietnamese
pilot landing a Cessna
O-1 aboard Midway.
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A South Vietnamese
pilot landing a Cessna
O-1 aboard Midway.
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A South Vietnamese
pilot landing a Cessna
O-1 aboard Midway.
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A South Vietnamese
pilot landing a Cessna
O-1 aboard Midway.
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Photo autographed
by the Cessna O-1 pilot.
From my collection
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Photo autographed
by the Cessna O-1 pilot.
From my collection
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The South Vietnamese
pilot after landing his
Cessna O-1.
From my collection
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The South Vietnamese
pilot & family surrounded
by Midway's crew after
landing in a Cessna O-1.
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July 1975
Naval Aviation News
article ~ Page 01
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July 1975
Naval Aviation News
article ~ Page 02
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The Cessna O-1 secured
on Midway's flight deck.
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The Cessna O-1 today,
preserved at the Pensacola
Naval Aviation Museum.
Leon Wohlert Photo
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Helicopters on
the flight deck. |
South Vietnamese
Hueys on Midway's
flight deck.
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Sea Stallions on
Midway's flight deck
after the evacuation. |
Refugees boarding
a helo for transfer
to other ships.
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Refugees in
Midway's hangar
bay.
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On
the way to
Guam after craning
aboard over 100
aircraft in Thailand. |
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SVNAF aircraft aboard
Midway on the way
to Guam.
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SVNAF aircraft aboard
Midway on the way
to Guam.
Richard Macdonald
photo courtesy of
Lone Star Aero Club
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 SVNAF aircraft aboard
Midway on the way
to Guam.
Richard Macdonald
photo from my collection
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Guam offloading
evacuees & aircraft.
Photo courtesy of
Randy Guttery
Tender Tale.com
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Guam offloading
evacuees & aircraft.
Photo courtesy of
Randy Guttery
Tender Tale.com
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Guam offloading
evacuees & aircraft.
Photo courtesy of
Randy Guttery
Tender Tale.com
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Guam ~ Barge taking
aircraft out to dump at sea.
Photo courtesy of
Randy Guttery
Tender Tale.com
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