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The event aboard the USS Midway commemorated the anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind rescues and the fall of Saigon that ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The USS Midway hosted a day of courage and remembrance Sunday. It was one of the largest and most important commemoration ceremonies ever hosted on board to mark the ...
On Saturday morning, the American Red Cross, Norfolk Fire and Rescue, Team Rubicon, Norfolk CERT and the Norfolk Medical Reserve Corp teamed up to install free smoke alarms in the Oakdale Farms ...
Fifty years ago, thousands were evacuated from Vietnam to safety aboard the USS Midway. One of them was Hugh Nguyen, who was just a seven at the time. Now he's the Orange County Clerk-Recorder.
The USS Midway took part in one of its most daring missions in history, Operation Frequent Wind, and became the first stop to freedom for more than 3,000 Vietnamese refugees that began April 29 ...
At the center of it all was the USS Midway. Retired Commander Vernon Jumper, a 93-year-old San Diego resident, was the "air boss" in charge of flight operations during the harrowing thirty-hour ...
Capt. Larry Chambers knew his order to push helicopters off the flight deck of the USS Midway could cost him his military career, but it was a chance he was willing to take. Above his head ...
“My dad said, ‘Let’s go, get ready,'” she recalled. It would lead her aboard the USS Midway during what became known as Operation Frequent Wind. The Midway became the first stop to freedom ...
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