Evacuation of Saigon

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Fall of Saigon
gptkbp:category Evacuations
1975 in Vietnam
Vietnam War events
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Black_April
Vietnamese diaspora memorials
gptkbp:date April 29–30, 1975
gptkbp:evacuations over 7,000 people
gptkbp:followedBy Socialist Republic of Vietnam established
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Evacuation of Saigon
gptkbp:involves gptkb:U.S._military
CIA personnel
U.S. Embassy staff
South Vietnamese civilians
gptkbp:location gptkb:Saigon,_South_Vietnam
gptkbp:mediaCoverage widely covered by international media
gptkbp:method helicopter evacuation
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:CH-53_Sea_Stallion
gptkb:CH-46_Sea_Knight
gptkbp:notableEvent Crowds at U.S. Embassy gates
Destruction of U.S. Embassy classified documents
Helicopters pushed overboard
gptkbp:notableFor helicopter on rooftop of Pittman Apartments
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkb:Duong_Van_Minh
gptkb:Graham_Martin
gptkb:Henry_Kissinger
Nguyen Van Thieu
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Okinawa
gptkb:USS_Kirk
gptkb:USS_Blue_Ridge
gptkb:USS_Hancock
gptkb:USS_Midway
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Frequent_Wind
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:precededBy North Vietnamese advance on Saigon
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_New_Arrivals
gptkb:Operation_Babylift
gptkb:Indochina_refugee_crisis
gptkb:Operation_New_Life
Vietnamese boat people
gptkbp:result gptkb:End_of_Vietnam_War
gptkb:Unification_of_Vietnam
Capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese forces
gptkbp:symbolizes chaotic end to Vietnam War
end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_Airways
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6