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A father goes ‘badass’ to save his family
CNN ^ | 29 Apr 2015 | John Blake

Posted on 08/21/2021 11:18:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

On April 29, 1975, Nguyen did something that could have been ripped from the script of a “Mission Impossible” movie. He was fleeing from the North Vietnamese army with his wife and their three young children as communist soldiers crashed the gates of Saigon

“We couldn’t figure out how he did it; he was a Houdini,”.

“Unless somebody shoots at us, we ain’t shooting,” Jacobs told his crew.

He radioed the Kirk that he would hover just above the deck. Then he would order his wife and three children to take their chances by jumping out of the helicopter, into the arms of sailors. Kent Chipman was one of those sailors waiting below. ... “Chippy.” He weighed only 130 pounds, and wondered if he was big enough to break the fall of the Chinook’s passengers. As he held up his arms, he had a thought: This is going to be bad

Chipman never forgot Nguyen’s coolness under pressure and the relief he felt when he successfully caught the pilot’s infant daughter and wife.

“It was a happy ending to a shitty war,” he said. As they made their way down a hallway, the first Kirk crewman she saw was “Chippy” Chipman, the sailor who had caught her and her infant daughter as they jumped out of the helicopter years ago.

“He was staring at me and I was staring at him. He knew and I just knew,”

“I was proud,” Chipman said of seeing Mina. “I don’t have children, but it was like seeing your long-lost daughter all grown up. She did well for herself.”

Nguyen shuffled to his feet from his wheelchair, straightened his jacket as he looked at Jacobs, and, with a trembling right hand, he saluted.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; rvn; vietnam
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Long ago and far away.
1 posted on 08/21/2021 11:18:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That one brought a happy tear. Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 08/21/2021 11:22:00 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: Irenic

—”That one brought a happy tear.”

I’m very glad that you appreciate the situation.
A debt of honor.


3 posted on 08/21/2021 11:26:43 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Nguyen shuffled to his feet from his wheelchair, straightened his jacket as he looked at Jacobs, and, with a trembling right hand, he saluted.

What's this watery stuff coming out of my eyes?!

4 posted on 08/21/2021 11:27:51 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I wonder why so many want to come so such an “awful” country???


5 posted on 08/21/2021 11:32:11 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I don’t often click links to read the whole story. Especially a CNN link. I’m glad I did this one.


6 posted on 08/21/2021 11:41:12 AM PDT by 1riot1ranger
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’m asking myself “Why is this wonderful story coming from CNN?”
And “Why now?”

Because CNN is in the business of narrative management for those
directing the heinous actions of the PedoDementoCorruptoCrat
administration.

Guess what. The folks the recent intentional “follies” will now be bringing
here in droves, are nothing like Nguyen and his family.

But you are supposed to think they are.

~Easy


7 posted on 08/21/2021 11:41:32 AM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Must-Read. See the whole thing on . . . yes, CNN.

Wow. Just wow.


8 posted on 08/21/2021 11:46:39 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Fall of Saigon had infinitely more grace and dignity than anything we are seeing today in Biden’s Afghanistan.


9 posted on 08/21/2021 11:51:24 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That’s a great story.

Sadly, there are many people nowadays who were born and lived in the U.S. their entire lives; who have alot of disdain for this country. We need less of those folks, and more people like Nguyen.


10 posted on 08/21/2021 11:51:59 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

This country as a whole, had a lot more grace in 1975, but that was when the Radical Democrats started doing their damage.


11 posted on 08/21/2021 11:52:18 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sincere thakn you for posting this remarkable story. May this NOW AMERICAN family be blessed and a blessing to others


12 posted on 08/21/2021 11:52:49 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I remember the film of the VNAF pilot who did something similar to this with a Huey, but had never heard of this story.


13 posted on 08/21/2021 11:59:49 AM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Such a wonderful backstory.


14 posted on 08/21/2021 12:00:31 PM PDT by Notthereyet (We're so angry we can spit pea pellets at a tree and drill the dang tree. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That is incredible.

My wife’s mother escaped what became North Korea. Used to love her stories. Many she wouldn’t tell completely and the are lost with her.


15 posted on 08/21/2021 12:17:58 PM PDT by zek157
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To: DUMBGRUNT

16 posted on 08/21/2021 12:32:21 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Interesting that the model appears to be wearing kohl on her eyebrows?

Very popular in the Stans for women and men.


17 posted on 08/21/2021 12:43:35 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: EasySt

“Because CNN is in the business of narrative management”

Exactly. CNN says get ready to accept thousands of Afghan’s into your community and they’ll be just like the South Vietnamese.


18 posted on 08/21/2021 12:55:05 PM PDT by Portcall24
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I miss this kind of reporting by CNN.


19 posted on 08/21/2021 12:56:18 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The First Amendment Doesn't Care About Your Feelings)
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To: StAntKnee
Must-Read. See the whole thing on . . . yes, CNN.

April 2015 - That was CNN before it went total anti-Trump and anti-American.

20 posted on 08/21/2021 1:08:11 PM PDT by CedarDave (Wearing a mask to keep you safe from the virus is like putting up chicken wire to keep out mosquitos)
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