Escape from Saigon: A DLA Employee’s Story of Survival and Service
FILE - In this April 29, 1975 file photo, South Vietnamese civilians scale the 14-foot wall of the U.S. embassy in Saigon, trying to reach evacuation helicopters as the last Americans depart from Vietnam. (AP Photo/File) In April 1975, the Nguyen family pushed toward the U.S. Embassy gates in Saigon before being diverted to the docks, where they boarded a sandbag-walled ammunition barge that drifted into the China Sea under fire. (Family Recollection)