“Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.”   ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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PASSAGE TO FREEDOM - North Vietnam 1954

USS ESTES was the operating flagship operating in Indochina in the historic civilian evacuation, taking refugees from Northern Vietnam to Siagon.  Also referred to as "The Vietnamese Boat People"

Indochina civilian evacuation from
North Vietnam to Siagon.

Survivor Stories

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1954 - 1955 Far East Cruise Itinerary for USS Estes

The Chief's Log Book uses the same Ar (Arrive) and Lv (Leave) for his ports of call from
1939 - 1951

The book stops at the point he goes to
Operation Ivy

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