| Creator: | Kenneth R. Armstrong |
| Title: | Kenneth R. Armstrong U.S.S. Midway Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1975-1976 |
| Abstract: | The U.S. Navy played an important role in the Vietnam War by conducting air raids against North Vietnam and evacuating civilians and South Vietnamese during the final days of the war. Most notably the USS Midway (CV-41) played an important role in the Evacuation of Vietnam (Operation Frequent Wind). The USS Midway was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of her class. USS Midway also participated in Operation Desert Storm. She was decommissioned in 1992 and is now a museum. She will always be remembered for her participation in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is still a controversial subject to this day. |
| Identification: | A2013-014 |
| Extent: | 40 color photographs, 6 photos in a booklet, pdf of special Spectrum Vol. 1 No. 3 |
| Language: | English |
| Container: | Digital Copies Only |
| Repository: | South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
April 29th and 30th Operation Frequent Wind took place in the last days of the Vietnam War. This operation took place prior to the North Vietnamese Army taking over the South Vietnam capital of Saigon. The city is currently call Ho Chi Minh City and is the largest city in Vietnam. The evacuation was supposed to be for Americans and their South Vietnamese allies but the advancement of the North Vietnamese Army was underestimated and only a fraction was evacuated to safety. Kenneth R. Armstrong, who was part of Operation Frequent Wind, lives in South Texas. He retired from the U.S. Navy and Texas A&M University Kingsville.
The material concerns the last days of the Vietnam War. The pictures are of the U.S.S. Midway and its time during Operation Frequent Wind. It was a chaotic time where the military was trying to evacuate as many people as they could. The collection contains a U. S. Navy publication, six photographs in a booklet, and forty color photographs, pdf of Special Spectrum Vol. 1 No. 3.
Series I: Publications Series II: Photographs Series III: Oral History
| Access: | Open for research |
| Rights Statment: | Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. |
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Preferred Citation
Kenneth R. Armstrong U.S.S. Midway Collection, A2014-014.XXXX, South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Acquisitions
A2013-014 – Gift of Kenneth R. Armstrong
Proccessing Information
Lori Atkins processed the photographs. Daniel Thacker scanned the photographs, created the Finding Aid and EAD document in 2016.