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Last day ditch — Father and pilot remembered and honored for heroics during fall of Saigon

February 27, 2014 By Stacy Nguyen 2 Comments

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In 2009, retired U.S. Navy Commander Paul Jacobs and Navy historian Jan Herman went on <!–more–>a Vietnamese television show in Virginia. They explained that they were seeking out a South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) pilot who ditched a CH-47 Chinook and survived, after transporting and unloading his family, passengers, […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Ba Van Nguyen, Camp Pendleton, Chinook Ba Nguyen, First Indochina War, Hugh Doyle, Jan Herman, Kent Chipman, Miki Nguyen, NPR, Operation Frequent Wind, Rory Kennedy, Saigon River, Second Indochina War, South Vietnamese Air Force, Viet Minh, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Wild West

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