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'
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
The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events
Second chancery in 1967
First U.S. embassy on Hàm Nghi Boulevard after the bombing
Wreckage from Viet Cong car bomb
Chancery under construction, 1966