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How the USS Midway saved 3,100 Viet evacuees and one brave pilot, 50 years ago
Sunday, at the USS Midway Museum, retired Rear Adm. Lawrence Chambers was greeted as a hero — dating to April 1975.
South Vietnamese pilot and family escape Saigon with daring flight and help of USS Midway
South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 ...
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50 years later: San Diego’s USS Midway and the fall of Sàigòn
The war in Vietnam ended with the fall of Sàigòn 50 years ago, changing the course of many lives — from those who served, to ...
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50 years later: Local Vietnamese refugee shares her story of survival as USS Midway crucial in rescuing thousands after Fall of Saigon
The USS Midway was the first stop to freedom for over 3,000 Vietnamese refugees fleeing the Fall of Saigon and the end of the ...
USS Midway Museum commemorates 50th anniversary of Fall of Saigon
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The USS Midway hosted a day of courage and remembrance Sunday. It was one of the largest and most ...
Researchers Stumped After 1940s Car Is Found Inside Sunk World War II Aircraft Carrier
Researchers found a 1940s car in the hangar deck of the USS 'Yorktown' while exploring the wreckage of the World War II ...
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 ...
In a first, explorers at WWII shipwreck discover aircraft from legendary Battle of Midway
The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...