Forgotten heroes from Vietnam - USS Kirk

[gmwalk]

During the fall of Saigon, one Vietnamese family in a helicopter, low on fuel, gets rescued by a US Navy ship, the USS Kirk. The Kirk goes on to rescue 20,000-30,000 (estimated) refugees. All of this was forgotten until recently.

I can't imagine being so desperate that I would drop my children out of a flying helicopter.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129554870

Edited September 1, 2010 by gmwalk

[Carpetbagger]

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