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Remembering a father's amazing act to rescue his family from Vietnam's collapse

April 28, 2015
Conflict

Miki Nguyen was 6 when his dad, a pilot in the South Vietnamese military, landed a Chinook helicopter in downtown Saigon and told his family to hop on. He then ferried them out to USS Kirk, a US Navy frigate that was operating offshore.

Remembering a father's amazing act to rescue his family from Vietnam's collapse
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