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Thanks to Capt. Jacobs Plaque will honor rescuer of 30,000 refugees
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune
mayor (Steve Jones) are becoming a new local celebrity team with events like “The Three Amigos” panel discussion at the Azteca Mexican restaurant on Thursday. With
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“We should have done it before, but it’s never too late.”
Councilmember Kimberly Ho said that before the Westminster City Council voted 5-0 to approve the installation of a plaque in the Sid Goldstein Freedom Park honoring U.S. Navy Capt. Paul Jacobs for his actions in helping refugees to evacuate Vietnam as North Vietnamese forces completed their conquest in April 1975.
The 18 inch by 14 inch plaque will honor Capt. Jacobs, who commanded the USS Kirk, part of a flotilla stationed off the coast of Vietnam to rescue American and South Vietnamese personnel.
A relatively small ship, the Kirk was a
