Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua 40 tau mai i te wehenga o Saigon i te wā i heke mai ai te ope taua o Vietnam ki te Raki ki te taone, ā, i roto i ngā kōrero maha o te toa me te toa ko te matua i rere i tētahi hīkoi hōia ki te rere i tōna whānau ki te haumaru. I taea e Ba Van Nguyen te rere i te CH-47 Chinook, te rerenga rerenga nui rawa atu i te ope taua o Vietnam ki te Tonga, me ana tamariki iti tokotoru me tana wahine i waho o te taone nui ki te Moana o Haina ki te Tonga i reira i whakaorangia katoatia ai e te USS Kirk. I muri i te mea i kaha a Nguyen ki te whakahaere i te rerenga rerenga i a ia e puta ana i tana kakahu rere me te peke ki te moana i etahi hēkona i mua i te hinganga - ko ia anake. Panuku ki raro mō ngā ataata. Histo4ric: I rere a Ba Van Nguyen i te rerenga hoia (i runga ake nei) ki te whakaora i tona whanau i te hinganga o Saigon i te Paenga-whāwhā 30, 1975. I whakaorangia: I rere ia ki te USS Kirk he iti rawa ki te tuku i te rerenga o te rerenga, na reira ka rere ia i te wa i eke ai tona whanau (he a tawhio i te whero) ki waho. He ringa āwhina: I hopu ngā kaipuke i te kaipuke i te whānau (i runga) i a rātau e peke atu ana ki waho. I roto i tētahi uiuinga ki a CNN, e whakaatu ana ētahi mema o te whānau i ngā mea i tupu i taua rā hītori, me ō rātou oranga i ngā tau i muri mai. He wāhanga hoki rātau o te whakaaturanga motuhake a PBS, The Last Days of Vietnam. I te Paenga-whawha 29, 1975, ka neke a Nguyen i tana whanau ki te whare o tana hungawai, me te kii ki a raatau ka hoki mai ia i te aonga ake i te Chinook, a ka rongo ratou i a ia e haere mai ana i te wa e tata ana ia. 'Mēnā ka rongo koe i tētahi Chinook e haere mai ana, kia rite koe,' ka mea a Nguyen ki tana wahine. I tōna taenga mai i te ahiahi o taua ata, ka eke tōna whānau me ētahi hoa ki runga - i te nui haere o te pu mai i ngā ope o te kōmihana i a rātou e whakatata atu ana ki te taone - ka rere atu ki te wai. Heoi, i muri tata mai, ka mohio ratou kei te iti haere te wahie, ana koina te wa i tae atu ai a Nguyen ki te Kirk me te tono whakaaetanga ki te taunga. 'Me tau au ki te whenua, ki te hinga rānei ki te moana,' i mea a Nguyen. Āwhina mai ki a mātou.' Ka rere atu a Nguyen ki te moana (i runga) ka peke atu i te hika. He haumaru:...
I rere a Ba Van Nguyen i tētahi rerenga hōia ki te whakaora i tōna whānau i te hinganga o Saigon i te 29 o Paenga-whāwhā 1975. I rere a Nguyen i te rerenga ki te Moana o Haina ki te Tonga, engari me wehe atu nga tangata katoa i te wa i pau ai te wahie. I rere ia ki te USS Kirk he iti rawa te rerenga o te rerenga, no reira i rere ia i te wa i eke haumaru mai ai tona whanau. Kātahi ka rere anō ia ki te moana, ā, ka peke atu i te hīkoi i ngā hēkona i mua i te tukinga ki te moana. I ora ia i te hinganga, a, i huihui ano ki tona hapu i runga i te kaipuke. I huna e ia tana tuakiri tae noa ki te tau 2009 hei whakamaumahara i te kaupapa.