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The story of the Saigon airlift /

Kent, Zachary.

The story of the Saigon airlift / by Zachary Kent. - Chicago : Childrens Press, c1991. - 31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Cornerstones of freedom .

Includes index.

Describes that dramatic helicopter airlift, the largest in history, which during two days in 1975 carried thousands of Americans and selected South Vietnamese out of Saigon as the North Vietnamese marched to capture the city, thus ending the long Vietnam War.

0516047604

91015847


Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City--Juvenile literature.
Political refugees--Vietnam--Juvenile literature.
Political refugees--United States--Juvenile literature.
Airlift, Military--Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
Refugees--Vietnam.

DS559.9.S24 / K46 1991