[cynwoody]

That is an Air America huey in the photo.

Crew members of the USS Kirk push a Huey overboard to make room for additional incoming copters to land
April 29, 1975

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[21twelve]

A friend of mine from college rode out of Saigon on a helicopter that his brother (ARVN pilot) stole. Brother flew it to a soccer field near their home and got the family on board and took off. Saw two choppers heading off and followed them. They were filled with guys in suits with M-16s.

They landed on the Constellation iirc, and dumped the choppers overboard. He and his family spent a long time in some facility in California.

[elcid1970]

I flew helicopters in Vietnam like that one being pushed over the side. The imminent collapse of Iraq along with the hopes that all our blood & treasure poured into it, sicken me now as much as that spring of 1975 when Saigon fell.

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

[GailA]

Hubby was on the USS Midway, they pushed old Huey’s over board for a small plane carrying a friendly and his family to land. Capt wanted him to put down at sea, but there were small children aboard. Plane hangs in the Pensacola Naval Museum. Hubby is career Navy, Ret SCPO. Was also there for the Missile Crisis off the coast of Cuba.

http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2014/04/april-30-1975-the-amazing-escape-and-rescue-of-bung-ly-2843260.html