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That Time Marines Dumped Millions of Dollars of Helicopters Into the Ocean to Save One Family (2019x4)
Udgivelsesdato: Jan 04, 2019
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Few feats of engineering are as impressive as a military-grade helicopter. Today worth millions of dollars each, these high-tech birds are a formidable military asset, including, among many other uses, for rescue operations- all a fact US military personnel helpfully chose to ignore during Operation Frequent Wind when they pushed several dozen of them into the sea, in one case for no other reason than to save a mother, a father, and their five children.
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Sources:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/america-dumped-10-million-worth-choppers-sea.html
https://www.newsweek.com/last-helicopter-evacuating-saigon-321254
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/14/operation-frequent-wind-that-time-the-us-pushed-helicopters-overboard-during-the-vietnam-war-2/
http://www.historynet.com/air-america-played-a-crucial-part-of-the-emergency-helicopter-evacuation-of-saig
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