They were lying on the floor of the car, extremely fearful for their lives. Sergeant Major Nguyen Van Can (below) and his comrade raise the liberation flag on top of the water tower at Tan Son Nhat airport. The first is the visit of President Duong Van Minh to Davis Camp on the afternoon of April 29. We ended up carrying up to 20 people per ride.Ĭan: There are two moments that will stay in my mind forever. I had seatbelts for seven or eight people. We kept ferrying people back to Tan Son Nhut Airbase, so they could get on the bigger helicopters and get out to the ships at sea. As we approached, I said that the Deputy Prime Minister sure had a huge family, because there were 50 people standing on that ladder. We took off, he directed me to where that rooftop was. He told me we were to pick up the Deputy Prime Minister and his family. When I went to the embassy, that’s when CIA officer Oren “O.B.” Harnage jumped up and said, “I got something I need you to do.” I found a chopper, jumped in, and started going out to the rooftops. A powerful CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter departs the USS Hancock to evacuate Saigon in April, 1975.
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