Vietnam / USA: The US Navy carrier USS Enterprise loaded to the gunnels with helicopters and planes evacuated from Saigon, Operation Frequent Wind, April 1975

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) underway returning to the United States from a Western Pacific cruise that included the evacuation of Saigon.

The aircraft on her deck include U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, which were hitching a ride home on board the ship.

There are pilots and or crew sunbathing on the forward part of the flight deck.

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INDOCHINA WARS