I tried the usual government contact jobs after taking a full week of retired life. I found out that it is true - tigers do eat their young and went back to doing what I enjoyed most - helping people. I started work with MWR. It's not exactly the same, but it feels good to be a help to the Sailors and Marines. It also keeps me off the streets making the city safe. Now if I can just figure out how to stay ahead of the cost of living out here. That's my never ending challenge.
NEO - Operation Eagle Pull (Cambodia)
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April / 1975
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April / 1975
Description Operation Eagle Pull was the United States military evacuation by air of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 April 1975. At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, one of the last remaining strongholds of the Khmer Republic, was surrounded by the Khmer Rouge and totally dependent on aerial resupply through Pochentong Airport. With a Khmer Rouge victory imminent, the US government made contingency plans for the evacuation of US nationals and allied Cambodians by helicopter to ships in the Gulf of Thailand. Operation Eagle Pull took place on the morning of 12 April 1975 and was a tactical success carried out without any loss of life. Five days later the Khmer Republic collapsed and the Khmer Rouge occupied Phnom Penh.
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