US Navy 030630-N-0000X-001 Vietnamese refugees board LST 516 for their journey from Haiphong, North Vietnam, to Saigon, South Vietnam during Operation Passage to Freedom, October 1954, October 1954

Washington navy yard -- vietnamese refugees board lst 516 for their journey from haiphong, north vietnam, to saigon, south vietnam during operation passage to freedom, october 1954. This operation evacuated thousands of vietnamese refugees from the then newly created communist north vietnam to the democratic south vietnam. By the end of the operation, the navy had carried to freedom more then 293,000 immigrants, vehicles, and other cargo. The naval historical center and surface navy association are seeking navy veterans and former vietnamese refugees who witnessed and participated in this little known rescue. U. S. Navy photo. (released). Date: October 1954.