WIDE SHOTS SHIPS AT SEA, AERIAL SHOTS FROM LONG RANGE SCOUT PLANES LOOKING FOR REFUGEES, INTERIOR SHOTS SCOUT PLAMES, WIDE SHOT H S S SHIP KITTYHAWK AT SEA, SHOTS 19 CHILDREN THAT WERE RESCUED AT SEA ON BOARD WABASA, MORE SHOTS US SHIPS, NAVAL OFFICER LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS SCANNING THE SEA, SHOTS OF MEN RESCUE ON BOARD WABASA SOT VIETNAMESE MAN WHO SAYS VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WANTED TO LEAVE VIETNAM BECAUSE THE VOICE OF AMERICAN RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT US SHIPS WERE ASSISTING IS WHAT HELPED THEM DECIDE TO LEAVE VIETNAM, SHOTS OF A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD YOUTH IN BED ABOARD SHIP VARIOUS SHOTS HIS FACE, REFUGEES ABOARD SHIP WALK UP STEPS SEE TOWARD HELICOPTERS PAD, SHOTS ANCHOR BEING DROPPED OFF THAT COAST, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES AND THAI OFFICIALS UPSIDE STEPS ONTO SHIP, SHOTS GATHERING OF OFFICIALS ATOP SHIPS DECK, (WITH REFUGEES) REFUGEES ON BOARD HELO, HELO TAKES OFF.




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Background: THE US NAVY'S SEVENTH FLEET HAD BEEN ORDERED THIS WEEK BY PRESIDENT CARTER ON A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON SATURDAY, AMERICAN HELICOPTERS CARRIED 65 REFUGEES FOUND IN WATERS OFF THE COAST OF THAILAND, TO THE PORT OF PATTAYA, WHERE THEY WOULD BE PROCESSED FOR THEIR EVENTUAL SETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.