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Final Kabul Saigon echoes as Marines evacuate Saigon roof
The last 11 Marines atop the U S Embassy in Saigon faced a grim dawn on April 30 1975 as North Vietnamese advances closed in. Maine helicopter crews evacuated more than 5500 civilians plus 1875 others from the embassy roof to carriers offshore. Two GIs died and a Marine was wounded by a bayonet amid chaotic crowds and rocket barrages.
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America
U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Maine
South China Sea
Hue
da Nang
Na Trang
NVA
Bien Hoa
Ust
James Kean
7Th Fleet
South Vietnam
Kean
Washington
Tan Son Nhut
Independence Boulevard
Terry Bennington
Bennington
Marine Corps
Marne Corps
Quantico
Steve Schuller
Schuller
Wheaton