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Saigon 1975


Vlamgat9

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There's an amazing documentary on BBC iplayer at the moment on the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the US Marine helilift out of the city. Really quite someting. Highly recommend it.

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Watched it a couple of days ago. A fascinating documentary I thought. Big kudos to the Vietnamese Chinook pilot who ditched his helo alongside the US frigate. Balls of steel.

J.

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Really good prog, tho for the life of me I can't figure why the chinny pilot would take his flying overalls off,it was obvious who he was when picked up so why endanger his life doing that in the hover!

Haven't seen it all yet, but didn't he have gold bars sewn into it?

Trevor

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Really good prog, tho for the life of me I can't figure why the chinny pilot would take his flying overalls off,it was obvious who he was when picked up so why endanger his life doing that in the hover!

I got the impression more that he was worried about the flight suit weighing him down in the water.

J.

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