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The Success Of Operation Frequent Wind In Vietnam
Operation Frequent Wind was the US plan on the evacuation of American civilians and at risk South Vietnamese in the inevitable fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces. The operation was carried out successfully and created a number of iconic photos. On April 29th, evacuations by helicopter from Tan Son Nhut Airport and the US embassy in saigon began. Preliminary evacuations on fixed wing aircraft had already carried some 50,000 people to safety. The operation carried on through the night until the Evening of April 30th. The helicopter evacuations carried a total of 1,373 Americans and 5,595 Vietnamese and third country nationals through some 682 sorties. Operation Frequent Wind was a success, possibly the greatest success of the entire

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