We were at port in Subic Bay in the Phillipines when all hands got the word to return to the ship for immediate departure. I had to "bribe" the base launderers to get my clothes back ASAP. It cost me two decks of playing cards to get them out. The Filipino employees were crazy about cards! 
Here is a narrative on Operation Frequent Wind from the scrapbook each of us received after the campaign was completed...

OPERATION FREQUENT WIND

USS Midway departed Yokosuka on March 31 1975 to conduct air operations and visit the Philippines and Hong Kong. On April 18, the third day of a scheduled 10 day port-call in Subic Bay, Philippines, Midway was ordered to get underway and proceed to the coast of Vietnam at maximum speed.

Ten U.S. Air Force H-53 helicopters from the 56th Special Operations Wing flew aboard Midway April 20 to take part in the evacuation.

On April 29, the evacuation commenced. The first H-53s departed Midway at 2:45 p.m. local time bound for landing zones in Saigon. Returning at 4:53 p.m., each helo carried about 60 passengers.

During the first day, 2,074 refugees were brought aboard Midway. While Air Force H-53s were bringing more evacuees aboard Midway, Navy and Marine Corps helicopters began transferring the early arrivals to other ships in the Seventh Fleet armada off Vietnam.

Over 1,000 of the evacuees spent the first night aboard the carrier.

By early morning of the second day of the evacuation, all U.S. military flights into Saigon had been completed. A steady flow of refugees continued, however, fleeing in Vietnamese aircraft.

In the early afternoon of April 30, a small Cessna 0-1 "Bird Dog" light observation plane began to circle Midway. At first it was thought the pilot would try to ditch alongside the carrier. But then the tiny, single-engine aircraft flew over the ship and the pilot dropped a note saying that he had his wife and five children aboard and wanted to land aboard Midway. On orders from USS Midway’s Commanding Officer, Captain L. C. Chambers, flight deck crewmen quickly cleared the carrier’s angle deck and prepared to recover the aircraft.

Despite a rain-soaked deck, the Bird Dog’s pilot, a South Vietnamese Air Force major, made his first carrier landing a successful one.

The Bird Dog came to a stop well short of the end of the angle deck without benefit of a tailhook or barracade. The major and his family were met with wild applause from the crewmen as they exited the tiny plane.

In two days of operations, a total of 3,073 evacuees were picked up by Midway. In addition to the Bird Dog, three Vietnamese CH-47 "Chinook" helicopters, 40 Vietnamese and five Air America "Hueys" found refuge aboard Midway.

The carrier’s medical team treated nearly 300 evacuees for minor illnesses and injuries. Most ‘evacuees were found to be in good physical health.

Over 6,000 meals were served to the refugees aboard the ship during the course of Operation Frequent Wind.

The crewmen aboard USS Midway met the evacuees with compassionate understanding. They liberally gave of their time and attention, more than duty required. The kindness shown by the carrier s crewmen were the evacuees’ first taste of American hospitality, It must have given them hope for the days to come.

Humanitarian Service Medal	Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal	Navy Unit Commendation