Marines on USS OKINAWA board helicopters.
27 ft


CH 53 helicopters takeoff.
12 ft


Crew members observe operations.
2 ft


Helicopters return and land on deck.
12 ft


Evacuees off loaded from helicopters.
29 ft


Marines return and off load from helicopters.
21 ft


More evacuees return and are escorted below decks.
57 ft



Initials


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Background: This coverage is of the evacuation of American citizens and Cambodians from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Operation EAGLE PULL, the evacuation of Americans and Cambodians from Phnom Penh, involved eight U. S. Navy ships, 36 helicopters (12 of which were U. S. Air Force helicopters), 20 tactical aircraft, and 316 U. S. Marines. Together they successfully evacuated a total of 276 persons who were taken by helicopter from Phnom Penh to the USS OKINAWA and the USS HANCOCK. From the ships they were flown to U Tapao, Thailand.