‘Babylift’ Orphans Visit Vietnam 30 Years Later
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Twenty-one war orphans left for Vietnam to commemorate the 30th anniversary of “Operation Babylift,” in which 3,000 Vietnamese children were airlifted to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War.
Atlanta-based World Airways arranged to fly the adoptees to Vietnam. As Saigon was falling in early April 1975, a World Airways flight took off under cover of night with 57 children on board. Thousands more children followed in the next few weeks.
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