24 April 1975

Saukam Khoy, President of the Khmer Republic arrives on USS Okinawa. He left without telling his fellow Cambodian leaders and is the only one who took the evacuation offer of the American ambassador, despite all being on a Khmer Rouge kill list. OperationEaglePull. onthisday https://t.co/Il8iE07ZpD

US Ambassador to Cambodia, John Gunther Dean, carries the American flag from the @USEmbPhnomPenh he arrives at Utapao Air Force Base in Thailand. The evacuation proceeded smoothly with only one helicopter suffering minor damage through gunfire. OnthisDay https://t.co/5jjVfdkSTP

With @USMC providing cover in PhnomPenh, Americans and Cambodians board marine helicopters during the final U.S. pullout of Cambodia. The were less evacuees than anticipated: 84 US nationals and 205 Cambodians and third country nationals. ©@AP_Images https://t.co/3wQH9AfRPW

An @USArmy soldiers patrols near the Wat Koh temple complex, on Monivong Boulevard in PhnomPenh, Cambodia. OperationsEaglePull. OnThisDay ©@RNbkk https://t.co/YyJ8mHv4Yu

An @USArmy soldier walks next to civilians in a street of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A ten-man command group proceeded to drive vehicles to LZ Hotel, purposely disabling them to block vehicle access from any part of the city. OperationsEaglePull © @AFPphoto https://t.co/p1zs9eNUiH

The US flag is lowered at @USEmbPhnomPenh. US Ambassador Dean notified Cambodian leaders that the US personnel would officially leave the country within the next few hours and asked if any desired evacuation, in which case they should be at the embassy by 09:30. ©
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As the Khmer Rouge controlled the east bank of the Mekong opposite PhnomPenh,Cambodia the @USArmy selected a soccer field about 900 metres north-east of the embassy as a Landing Zone for its helicopters, which would evacuate US personnel. OperationEaglePull begins.OnThisDay https://t.co/2q5xz1YkPZ