Hubby was on the USS Midway when they pulled the Amb out of Nam, they were hauling Jolly Greens out. A small plane with a “friendly” family flew over, and dropped a note on down, and they had to clear the deck of the Jolly Greens so he could land. The little plane is at the Naval Museum at Pensacola.
He retired after 20 yrs as a SCPO, would have made MCPO if not for a accident during Evals that put him in the Navy hospital with his broken jaw wired shut for 35 days, and the Military does not do MAKE up exams.
I had been out of the Navy less than two years when I watched on TV as Saigon fell. It brought tears to my eyes.
I love the Vietnamese people who came here with nothing and worked hard and achieved the American dream. It was that dream and wanting to survive that made them want on those choppers. And that dream gave many the courage to walk through jungles to Thailand to freedom. I know one who owns a great little French Café in Waco, Texas.
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