I remember the end of the war in Nam when the choppers were pushed over the sides of carriers. Maybe for a space saving measure or maybe it was just taxpayer money so who gives a d—n.
The story of buried transport and weapons is probably true.
they were pushed overboard during the evacuation of Saigon due to lack of deck space to land them all safely.
“I remember the end of the war in Nam when the choppers were pushed over the sides of carriers.”
The helicopters were aircraft from the South Vietnamese armed forces in April 1975. It would have taken too much time and space to store them so the decision was to push them overboard.
IIRC, most of those pushed over the side were to make room for other incoming evac choppers.
I remember the end of the war in Nam when the choppers were pushed over the sides of carriers.
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They needed the room to land more ... and they certainly weren’t going back to be captured. most were single engine Hueys ... already outdated and with lots of hours on the meter.