Freedom Wing History: Major DeLawter, Operation Babylift
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news:
In 1975, the United States had changed. Coming down from the high of global triumph in World War II, Korea and Vietnam began to overshadow the victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. At home there had been the assassinations of John F. and Robert Kennedy, war protests, and the Watergate scandal. The shining city on the hill began to show blemishes . . .
In 1975, the United States had changed. Coming down from the high of global triumph in World War II, Korea and Vietnam began to overshadow the victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. At home there had been the assassinations of John F. and Robert Kennedy, war protests, and the Watergate scandal. The shining city on the hill began to show blemishes . . .