Operation Frequent Wind Reunion – April 25, 2015

There will be a large 40th reunion of participants in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon in April and May of 1975.  Former Vietnamese refugees and U. S. Servicemen who took part are cordially invited to attend.  The reunion will take place at the U. S. Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (Camp Telega, on the Orange County line).  Retired U. S. Navy Captain Ralph Ortolano is organizing an “Oral History Project” in conjunction with this reunion, collaborating with the Navy History Command and the Library of Congress, as well as local journalism schools.  For more information, please contact Captain Ortolano at (310) 982-5499.