Charles McMahon and Darwin Lee Judge were the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The two men, both U.S. Marines, were killed in a rocket attack one day before
Charles McMahon (left) and Darwin Judge (right).
McMahon and Judge memorial plaque at US Consulate, Saigon
Operation Frequent Wind
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Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People'
Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge
…to the hospital on the afternoon of April 29, the few remaining staff advised that the bodies had been evacuated; in fact the bodies were left behind. Operation Frequent Wind, the American evacuation of Saigon, was completed the following day, April 30, 1975. Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, through diplomatic…
A South Vietnamese helicopter is pushed overboard from USS Okinawa to clear deck space for more incoming helicopters
US Air Force HH-53 helicopters on the deck of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, April 1975
Ships of TF 76 wait off Vũng Tàu for the start of the operation
RVNAF C-130A burns at Tan Son Nhut after rocket attack on 29 April