Military Operations
Operation Frequent Wind
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Operation Frequent Wind was the final helicopter evacuation of American personnel and at-risk Vietnamese civilians from Saigon on 29-30 April 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed on the South Vietnamese capital. U.S. Marine and Air Force helicopters lifted evacuees from the Defense Attache Office compound and the U.S. Embassy to Seventh Fleet ships offshore, evacuating over 7,000 people in the closing hours of the Vietnam War.
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Operation Type LocationSaigon, South Vietnam, and U.S. Navy Task Force 76 ships offshore 1 ParticipantsU.S. Navy Task Force 76, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade, U.S. Air Force 21st Special Operations Squadron, Air America 1 ObjectiveEvacuate American personnel and at-risk Vietnamese civilians before the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces 1 Outcome1,373 Americans and 5,595 Vietnamese and third-country nationals were evacuated by helicopter with minimal hostile fire; two U.S. personnel were killed 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Operation Frequent Wind used United States Marine Corps helicopters and security forces to secure the evacuation
Operation Frequent Wind was staged from a United States Navy carrier task force offshore
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Operation Frequent Wind, the 1975 evacuation of Saigon, marked the final phase of the Vietnam War
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