"Marine security guards keeping a close watch on a CH-47 helicopter from South Vietnam as it seeks refuge aboard the USS Hancock during evacuation exercises in Saigon, known as Operation Frequent Wind. The photograph was taken on April 29, 1975, during the 1st Marine Brigade's operations. Photo credit to GySgt. Shearer. Defense Department photo (Marine Corps)."

---

Size: 3304px × 2097px
Photo credit: © piemags/NBV / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: .., 091-0850-39-75, 1st, 29, 127, 1975, 35mm, a150893, activities, american, april, ch-47, corps, defense, department, evacuation, exercises, frequent, guards, gvb-279, gysgt, hancock, marbrig, marine, military, negative, operation, pd, penh, phnom, photo, refuge, saigon, security, shearer, south, uss, vietnam, vietnamese, war, wi, wind