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A ch-46 from squadron 165. at 4:59 a.m. on april 30th undirect orders of president ford she was pilotted by captain berry to land on the embassy rooftop in saigon and transport embass for martin from that roof to the safety of the uss blue ridge. >> the interesting part for us we were flying and my wing man from hmm-165, think three or four in the morning continuous flight from early in the afternoon on the 29th, we realized we were the only ones flying. there were -- nobody else was making noise out there. the command ship above which was an airplane, nobody else in a helo chance was flying t...

So sergeant bennington came over to the airplane and i said, you know, this is -- this airplane's leaving the roof until the ambassador's on board. two minutes later, the ambassador's on board, we're out of there, 4:59 in the morning, take him to the blue ridge. land, a lotted of hoopla, general kerrey, admit when i tamire, an despit exciting time for us. of course, after that's all done, they say, have you to go back and get the marines. >> the motto of the helicopters gi: whatever it takes. nobody demonstrated that better than colonel barry, fascinating thing, greta, while lady 809 is being ...