page_title: Non-combatant evacuation operation
hierarchical_section_title: Non-combatant evacuation operation
caption_attribution_description: South Vietnamese refugees walk across a U.S. Navy vessel. Operation Frequent Wind, the final operation in Saigon, began April 29, 1975. During a nearly constant barrage of explosions, the Marines loaded American and Vietnamese civilians, who feared for their lives, onto helicopters that brought them to waiting aircraft carriers. The Navy vessels brought them to the Philippines and eventually to Camp Pendleton, Calif.
context_page_description: A non-combatant evacuation operation is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security situation.
context_section_description: A non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security situation.
caption: South Vietnamese refugees arrive on a U.S. Navy vessel during Operation Frequent Wind in 1975.
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