Last Flight From Saigon
By: [Thomas G. Tobin, Arthur E. Laehr, John F. Hilgenberg ; edited by David R. Mets].
Contributors: Laehr, Arthur E., joint author.; Hilgenberg, John F., joint author.
Series: USAF Southeast Asia monograph series ;
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City; Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- History
Description: USAF Southeast Asia monograph series, v. 4, monograph 6.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents Chapter Page; title: Foreword iii; title: Preface vii; title: List of Illustrations xii; title: I. Handwriting on the Wall: Politics, Economics and Logistics, 1973-74 1; title: II. An Agonizing Three Months: Deterioration, January through March 1975 14; title: III. History's Largest Aerial Evacuation: Initial Extraction Efforts in Saigon, 1-4 April 1975 20; title: IV. The Quickening Pace: Fixed-Wing Evacuation Buildup, 5-19 April 1975 32; title: V. The Flood Tide: Massive Fixed-Wing Airlift Takes Effect, 20-28 April 1975 47; title: VI. The Last Flights From Saigon: FREQUENT WIND's Helicopter Phase, 20-23 April 1975 74; title: VII. The Final Drama: Sealift and Individual Flight, 29-30 April 1975 , 113; title: VIII. The Morning After: A Final Tally 122; title: Appendix 1: Notes on the Authors 125; title: VIX. Index 129; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page; title: 1. South Vietnam, April 1975 2; title: 2. Defense Attache Office, Tan Son Nhut AB 3; title: 3. Underwater Communications Cables 4; title: 4. Heavy Equipment Clearing a Helicopter Landing Zone on Tan Son Nhut AB, April 1975 11; title: 5. Deterioration, January-March 1975 15; title: 6. Evacuation Control Center (ECC)— Within the Old MACV Building Later Called the Defense Attache Office 23; title: 7. USAF Aircrewman Changing a Diaper on a Vietnamese Orphan During "Operation Babylift," April 1975 25; title: 8. Evacuation Communications 26; title: 9. Map of Tan Son Nhut AB, Spring, 1975 28; title: 10. Unloading Satellite Receiver From the C-5 That Later Crashed With a Load of Orphans 30; title: 11. The Quickening Pace, 5-19 April 1975 33; title: 12. "Airlift Statistics, 1-20 April 1975" 45; title: 13. Flood Tide, 20-28 April 1975 48; title: 14. Configuration of the Evacuation Processing Center (EPC) 49; title: 15. Refugees Awaiting Processing at the Evacuation Processing Center (EPC) . 51; title: 16 Vietnamese Evacuees Awaiting Processing in the DAO Annex 52; title: 17. Refugees Passing Through the Baggage Check 53; title: 18. Evacuees in the Processing Line, DAO Annex 54; title: 19. Rapid Loading of Passengers on a USAF C-130E at Tan Son Nhut 55; title: 20. Vietnamese Scramble Aboard a C- 130 Over its Rear Ramp, Tan Son Nhut 57; title: 21. Crowded Vietnamese Aboard a USAF C-141 Awaiting Takeoff From Tan Son Nhut 58; title: 22. VNAF Crewmen and Families Disembarking From a Vietnamese C-130A at U Tapao AB, Thailand; title: 23. The Last Flights From Saigon, 29-30 April 1975 75; title: 24. USAF C-130 Hit by Rocket Fire at Tan Son Nhut AB During the Early Hours of 29 April 1975 77; title: 25. VNAF AC- 119 Preparing for Last Ditch Defense of Saigon 83; title: 26. Lt Col Dick Mitchell, USAF— "Only Me?" 86; title: 27. Evacuees Waiting to Board a Helicopter Atop a Saigon Building 89; title: 28. USMC Ground Security Force Disembarks at Saigon 97; title: 29. Evacuation Communication Nets During Final Phases 105; title: 30. The Old MACV HQ (DAO) After its Destruction  107; title: 31. Desperate Vietnamese Outside the US Embassy During the Final Hours  109; title: 32. The Final Drama, 29-30 April 1975 114; title: 33. VNAF F-5 Recovered at U Tapao AB, Thailand, One Seat With Two Pilots, April 29, 1975 1 15; title: 34. VNAF A-ls Recovered at U Tapao AB, Thailand, After Flight From RVN, May 1975 116; title: 35. USAF CH-53 Sets a VNAF F-5 on the Deck of the USS Midway in the Gulf of Thailand, May 1975 116; title: 36. USAF CH-53 Slings a Former VNAF A-37 Aboard the USS Midway Off the Coast of Thailand, May 1 975 117; title: 37. VNAF Helicopter Being Dumped Into the Sea After Discharging Its Escapees 118; title: 38. VNAF O-l Recovered Aboard the USS Midway in the South China Sea,; title: 30 April 1975 119; title: 39. A Final View of the USS Midway 120