Operation New Life
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Operation New Life was the care and processing on Guam of Vietnamese refugees evacuated before and after the Fall of Saigon, the closing day of the Vietnam War. More than 111,000 of the evacuated 130,
"Tent City" at Orote Field, Guam
An aerial view of the refugee camp at Orote Field on the Orote Peninsula, Guam, 1975
Camp Fourtuitous on Guam, 1975
Wake Island
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Wake Island, also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll which is a unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets
Operation New Life
…More than 130,000 Vietnamese were evacuated from South Vietnam by air and sea during the last few days of April. A few went to other locations, such as Wake Island, but most were transported to Guam by U.S. and South Vietnamese naval ships, commercial vessels and military and commercial aircraft. A total of 111,919…
The "98 Rock" on Wilkes Island was carved by a World War II American civilian POW before his execution by Japanese Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara.
The VFA-27 Royal Maces, a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron based in MCAS Iwakuni, flies over the "Downtown" area of Wake Island.
Wake Island
Palm trees at Wake Island's lagoon