Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. To stream 10 Tampa Bay on your phone, you need the 10 Tampa Bay app.

The Midway's commander, Navy Capt. Lawrence "Larry" Chambers, made a fateful decision. He ordered the Midway crew to push numerous helicopters into the choppy waters, helicopters whose total value ...

Capt. Larry Chambers knew his order to push helicopters off the flight deck of the USS Midway could cost him his military career, but it was a chance he was willing to take.

Admiral Larry Chambers, ret., looks skyward as a replica of the small aircraft flown by Bung Lee flies over the 35th anniversary celebration of Operation Frequent Wind Friday.

Then-Navy Capt. Larry Chambers, skipper of the aircraft carrier Midway, ordered his crew to push helicopters off the flight deck to save a Vietnamese air force officer and his family fleeing Saigon.

Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans and their allies ...

Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans and their allies ...