The Fall of Saigon, the untold story

Most of us have seen the photo of the helicopter leaving the embassy roof in Saigon on April 29, 1975. (It wasn’t actually the embassy but rather an apartment building where senior CIA employees lived, but never mind.)
NPR is airing a three-part story on All Things Considered beginning today which tells the story of the USS Kirk and its ocean rescue of some 20,000 – 30,000 Vietnamese in May of 1975.
It’s got interviews with some of the sailors, but even more amazingly, it’s got tape recorded contemporaneously by the Kirk’s ship’s engineer.
It’s one hell of a story, well worth the 13 minutes of your time to listen to it.