Judge witnesses abandonment of U.S. Embassy in Saigon

Circling the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, during the early morning hours of April 30, 1975, was a Spectre gunship. Its crew, including Infrared Operator 1st Lt. Thomas Merrick, was flying above history as the ambassador and his staff evacuated the building and the country.

By: Keith Norman, The Jamestown Sun