Operation Frequent Wind: Saigon's Great Escape
On April 29–30, 1975, Operation Frequent Wind airlifted more than 7,000 people out of Saigon in the largest helicopter evacuation in history.
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The Marines Land on Iwo Jima
On February 19, 1945, some 30,000 U.S. Marines stormed ashore at Iwo Jima, beginning a 36-day battle that became the bloodiest in Marine Corps history.