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Keywords: BR, Vietnam, 1975, Operation Eagle Pull & Operation Frequent Wind (evacuation of Saigon), file 15.jpg en WYSWYG Blue Ridge waiting Included in the meeting on board the Blue Ridge was a 35mm slide presentation of the DAO landing zones obstacles to flight aerial checkpoints and the ingress/egress route from the task force to Saigon 85 After floating off the coast of South Vietnam for over a week the 9th MAB was more than ready for action Every day since its arrival the task force had expected orders to begin the evacuation but the only directives it received changed the response time 86 By the morning of Tuesday 29 April everyone in the task force knew the status of the North Vietnamese offensive and the peril that Saigon faced and wondered why the evacuation had not begun This day however was different Finally the waiting was over Admiral Gavler directed USSAG/Seventh Air Force and Seventh Fleet to begin Frequent Wind Option IV at 1051 Saigon time With that announcement the evacuation of Saigon officially began At 1215 the 9th MAB received General Burns' message directing them to execute For some unexplainable reason dissemination of this message to the participating units had been delayed from 1052 until 1215 87 https //en wikipedia org/w/index php title USS_Blue_Ridge_ LCC-19 oldid 611915045 2013-11-18 15 24 50 http //www marines mil/Portals/59/Publications/U S 20Marines 20in 20Vietnam_The 20Bitter 20End 201973-1975 20 20PCN 201900310900_1 pdf U S MARINES IN VIETNAM THE BITTER END 1973-1975 PD-USGov USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 Uploaded with UploadWizard
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