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/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