Kenneth R. Armstrong U.S.S. Midway Collection

Historical or Biographical Information

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

Series I: Publications Series II: Photographs Series III: Oral History

Access and Restrictions

Open for Research

Rights Statement

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.

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

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Persons

• Kenneth R. Armstrong

Organizations

• United States, Navy

Geographical

• South China Sea

Related Collections

• Josh W. Oden Korean War Collection
• Manuel Angel Trevino World War II Photographs

Acquisitions

A2013-014 – Gift of Kenneth R. Armstrong

Processing Information

Lori Atkins processed the photographs. Daniel Thacker scanned the photographs, created the Finding Aid and EAD document in 2016.