Lionel Rosenblatt, Vietnam War Rescue Mission Organizer, Dies at 82

He organized a rogue Vietnam War rescue mission, and saved hundreds of lives

Lionel Rosenblatt, a lifelong refugee advocate, has died at the age of 82. He is best known for defying orders as a U.S. Foreign Service agent in 1975 to organize an unauthorized rescue mission, which saved the lives of hundreds of Vietnamese citizens ahead of the Fall of Saigon.