US leaving Cambodia April 12, 1975

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US leaving Cambodia April 12, 1975

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In Cambodia, the U.S. ambassador and his staff leave Phnom Penh when the U.S. Navy conducts its evacuation effort, Operation Eagle.
On April 3, 1975, as the communist Khmer Rouge forces closed in for the final assault on the capital city, U.S. forces were put on alert for the impending embassy evacuation. An 11 man Marine element flew into the city to prepare for the arrival of the U.S. evacuation helicopters. On April 10, U.S. Ambassador Gunther Dean asked Washington that the evacuation begin no later than April 12.
At 8:50 a.m. on April 12, an Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service HH-53 landed a four man Air Force combat control team to coordinate the operation. Three minutes later, it guided in a Marine Corps helicopter with the first element of the Marine security force.
Marine and Air Force helicopters then carried 276 evacuees including 82 Americans, 159 Cambodians, and 35 foreign nationals to the safety of U.S. Navy assault carriers in the Gulf of Thailand. By 10 a.m., the Marine contingency force, the advance 11 man element, and the combat control team had been evacuated without any casualties ~

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@gabrielphelps1555 2 жыл бұрын

Wonder if those who left , like those Afghanistan do regret this , in lieu of what was to come to resist. Again was the US premature in its withdrawal ?

@royleverette6399 Жыл бұрын

Most of the Vietnamese started a business and received services from the states.

@akungoogle9631 7 ай бұрын

@gabrielphelps1555 You know Hitler, he really hated Communists and Nazi invaders all over the world.

@akungoogle9631 7 ай бұрын

@@royleverette6399You know Hitler, he really hated Communists and Nazi invaders all over the world.