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Presented By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Drawdown Vietnam, April – May 1975
America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the advancing North Vietnamese Army, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.
In the midst of the chaos, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.
The unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts, photographs, documents and personal stories of those involved.
The exhibit is free to Library visitors, and will be on display through September, 2015.
Please note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
In the midst of the chaos, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.
The unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts, photographs, documents and personal stories of those involved.
The exhibit is free to Library visitors, and will be on display through September, 2015.
Please note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
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