USS Kirk loaded with refugees on the way to Subic Bay, May 1, 1975.
Great New Journalism about the End of the Vietnam War:
NPR has produced a great three-part series about the role of the U.S. Navy at the end of the war. The series features audio, images and video recounting the role of the USS Kirk in evacuating "20,000 to 30,000 Vietnamese refugees" from South Vietnam to the Philippines in 1975.
It is interesting to read this story about our ragged exit from Vietnam at a moment when our President is discussing the withdrawl of combat troops from Iraq.