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Last Flight From Saigon

Table of Contents Foreword iii Preface vii List of Illustrations xii I. Handwriting on the Wall: Politics, Economics and Logistics, 1973-74 1 II. An Agonizing Three Months: Deterioration, January through March 1975 14 III. History's Largest Aerial Evacuation: Initial Extraction Efforts in Saigon, 1-4 April 1975 20 IV. The Quickening Pace: Fixed-Wing Evacuation Buildup, 5-19 April 1975 32 V. The Flood Tide: Massive Fixed-Wing Airlift Takes Effect, 20-28 April 1975 47 VI. The Last Flights From Saigon: FREQUENT WIND's Helicopter Phase, 20-23 April 1975 74 VII. The Final Drama: Sealift and Individual Flight, 29-30 April 1975 , 113 VIII. The Morning After: A Final Tally 122 Appendix 1: Notes on the Authors 125 VIX. Index 129 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. South Vietnam, April 1975 2 2. Defense Attache Office, Tan Son Nhut AB 3 3. Underwater Communications Cables 4 4. Heavy Equipment Clearing a Helicopter Landing Zone on Tan Son Nhut AB, April 1975 11 5. Deterioration, January-March 1975 15 6. Evacuation Control Center (ECC)— Within the Old MACV Building Later Called the Defense Attache Office 23 7. USAF Aircrewman Changing a Diaper on a Vietnamese Orphan During "Operation Babylift

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