Sunday, April 27, 1975

[Martindale, continued] Sunday, April 27, 1975          On Sunday morning there was a meeting of Americans to learn the rules for taking the USAID people to the evacuation center at Tan Son Nhut airport. I was going to stay with them until they left for the airplane. Bill Rice escorted one bus load to the… Continue reading Sunday, April 27, 1975

Martindale, Short Intro

Thomas Kinton Martindale (1921-2000) was born in Tennessee. He flew "The Hump" in the Army Air Corps during WWII. The GI Bill helped put him through the University of Michigan and there he took a bachelor's and master's in accounting and secured his CPA. After some accounting jobs in the mid-west, he joined the U.S.… Continue reading Martindale, Short Intro

Thomas K. Martindale. Leaving Vietnam

INTRODUCTION I started writing this on Wednesday, April 30, 1975 while on board the USS Midway east of Vietnam. I hadn't been able to write home very often during the preceding two weeks so I wanted my family to know what I had been doing during those hectic days. They couldn't understand why I hadn't… Continue reading Thomas K. Martindale. Leaving Vietnam