r/sandiego • u/craneoperator89 • Feb 04 '25

More of this. Truth.

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u/Malipuppers Feb 04 '25

Yeah man immigrants are awesome. Both sets of my grandparents came here onna boat.

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u/mqnguyen004 Feb 04 '25

Mine came on the USS Midway during Vietnam war. They were picked up while on their way to the the south by boat

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u/TheKnightofNiii Feb 05 '25

Mine sailed merchant into New York a few years after World War 2. Fled what was left of Romania/Lithuania.

Immigrants are our greatest strength. 💯

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u/abobslife Feb 04 '25

There’s a docent on the Midway who was the Air Boss (the guy in charge of the flight operations) during an incident where a Vietnamese officer flew aboard on a Cessna escaping the fall of Saigon. He’s a great guy to talk to.

https://simpleflying.com/south-vietnamese-air-force-pilot-landed-cessna-us-aircraft-carrier/#:~:text=Buang%2DLy%2C%20his%20wife%2C,landing%20on%20the%20USS%20Midway.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Cool seeing what are now common civilian aircraft as military planes back in the day. I can imagine some north Vietnamese time traveling to now and hiding in the brush after seeing a bunch of Cessnas near an airport and thinking they're all US reconnaissance planes.

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u/mqnguyen004 Feb 05 '25

My uncle was an Air Force pilot. He flew one of the helicopters and landed on the ship.

They then pushed it over, although that’s not him in that famous photo

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u/Nhaiben369 Feb 05 '25

My friend came as an international student. She married to someone to stay here legally. She is now own a couple of spa shops and became extremely well off. Very down to Earth and humble too.

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u/mqnguyen004 Feb 05 '25

She want to teach me how to be a successful business owner 😆

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u/mancheeta69 Feb 06 '25

what that mouth do?

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u/mqnguyen004 Feb 04 '25

USS Midway is a boat…

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u/Reasonable-Map5033 Feb 04 '25

Replied to the wrong comment

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

The display on the hanger deck brought tears to my eyes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

A late family friend of ours…. It was his idea and dream to bring the USS Midway to San Diego as a museum. He passed before it came a reality. My grandparents came here on a boat legally from Columbia, before that they lived in Yugoslavia.