Last Chopper Off Roof Of Saigon

The last american helicopter left saigon april 30 1975 as the city fell to the north vietnamese 40 years ago today.

Last chopper off roof of saigon.

The last passenger to emerge from the chopper was martin wearing dark glasses and carrying a battered black leather case his silver gray hair blowing in the helicopter s prop wash. Berry s chopper carried us ambassador graham martin from the embassy rooftop to a us ship waiting off the coast of vietnam and in doing so marked the formal end of us involvement in the vietnam war. And it was truly the last helicopter out of saigon. On april 30 1975 gunnery sgt.

In april 1975 gerald berry then a captain in the marine corps piloted lady ace 09 the last chopper out of saigon. 1 373 americans and 5 595 vietnamese were evacuated by helicopters. Once at the embassy helicopters could be seen landing on the roof and inside. Juan jose valdez was the last marine to board the last helicopter to leave the roof of the u s.

Bob schlager and 10 other marines finally caught the last helicopter off the roof of the u s. At 8 54 am operation frequent wind concluded. In many records the rooftop where the evacuation took place was thought to be the old building of the us embassy in south vietnam at the time but it was actually at pittman apartments where many cia agents resided.