The exact cause of Dakar's sinking remains unknown. Despite extensive searches over the course of three decades its wreckage was not found until 1999. (25 January 1968)
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Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam.
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Thursday 29th of March 1973 (x) — Master Sergeant Max Beilke becomes the last American combat soldier to officially leave Vietnam. Beilke died in the 9/11 terror attack on the Pentagon in 2001.
Friday 4th of April 1975 (x) — . There were 175 survivors. The flight was part of 'Operation Babylift', in which American caregivers were paired with South Vietnamese orphans.