Saturday, April 12, 2025

Saturday, April 12, 1975. Eagle Pull.

US ambassador John Gunther Dean stepping off Marine Corps helicopter in Thailand.

Operation Eagle Pull took place with the US closure of its Cambodian embassy and the insertion of 180 Marines into Phnom Penh to start the evacuation of US civilians.  Approximately 300 people were evacuated, of which 82 were Americans.

Deputy Prime Minister Sisowath Sirik Matak refused to leave, stating in a letter to the American Ambassador, "I cannot, alas, leave in such a cowardly fashion....I have only committed this mistake of believing in you, the Americans."

The ARVN deployed aircraft against NVA units at Xuan Loc, with the South Vietnamese air force flying up to 120 sorties per day.

Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland

Josephine Baker died at age 68.

Last edition:

Friday, April 11, 1975. The looming end for Cambodia and the NVA takes the Spratlys.

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