Marine pilots and the flight deck crew on the USS HANCOCK assist Vietnamese Refugees from CH-53 helicopters during the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975. This operation was part of Operation Frequent Wind, which aimed to evacuate American and South Vietnamese personnel from Vietnam at the end of the war.

---

Size: 3320px × 2097px
Photo credit: © piemags/NBV / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: .., 29, 1975, 29th, 3rd, abrham, activities, aid, aircraft, american, april, asia, assistance, aviation, ch-53, conflict, corps, cpl, crew, crisis, deck, defense, dept, documentary, era, evacua, evacuation, event, flight, frequent, hancock, helicopter, helicopters, historical, humanitarian, international, mardiv, marine, marines, military, naval, navy, operation, operations, penh, phnom, photo, photograph, photography, pilot, refugee, refugees, relations, republic, rescue, saigon, south, southeast, states, transported, united, uss, vietnam, vietnamese, war, wind, zone