The image depicts the first wave of CH-53 helicopters from HMH-463 returning to the USS Hancock with the initial group of evacuees from Saigon during the evacuation operations of Operation Frequent Wind. The photograph was taken on April 29, 1975, and is credited to Gy3gt. Shearer. It is a Defense Department photo (Marine Corps) with the code pd A150923 127 GVB-279.

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