#OperationBabyLift
#VietnamWar

1975

#OperationBabyLift

1975 evacuation from Vietnam

#OperationBabyLift

1975
Evacuation from Vietnam

One of the busses during the evacuation during #OperationBabyLift

Photo taken in 1975

My brother Sean wearing the blue long sleeve shirt sitting on the jump seat.
I'm not pictured, I am sitting across from him. The plane seating was divided. Infants in boxes, orphans, then us, the contractor brats.
#OperationBabyLift
#Vietnam
Taken in 1975

RAAF celebrates 50th anniversary of orphan rescue flights during Vietnam War Retired RAAF and Qantas personnel have marked the 50th anniversary of Operation Babylift during the Vietnam War by meeting the rescued “babies” in Canberra.

I remember Australians bringing Vietnamese refugees to Aus on chartered flights. I recall Labor politicians being involved. How the mighty have fallen. #Refugees #BringThemHome #OperationBabylift

www.defenceconnect.com.au/air/16572-ra...

This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the complicated legacy of their evacuation

This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift: The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from… @SmithsonianMag #Adoption #VietnamWar #OperationBabylift #AdopteeStories #History

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
The last panel on the Wall
11th row from the bottom. 4th name from the center. His name is forever engraved with gratitude of our country, for his ultimate sacrifice
Fly high into the wild blue yonder~
Wendle L Payne
Died saving refugees
#operationbabylift

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings~

Remembrance and honor.
Forever thankful of your service,
Wendle Payne

#MemorialDay #airforce #ultimatesacrifice #OperationBabylift

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth~

The Wall.
11th row from the bottom. 4th name from the center. His name is forever engraved with gratitude of our country, for his ultimate sacrifice.

Fly high into the wild blue yonder~ Wendle L Payne

#MemorialDay #OperationBabylift

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth.

11th row from the bottom. 4th name from the center. His name is forever engraved with gratitude of our country, for his ultimate sacrifice.

Fly high into the wild blue yonder~
Wendle L Payne

#MemorialDay #OperationBabylift

Doonesbury character Kim Rosenthal was an #OperationBabylift baby. Her first words were Jimmy Carter presidential campaign slogans.

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Operation Babylift aimed to save children during Saigon's fall in 1975. Decades on, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the complex aftermath and legacy of this mass adoption. #OperationBabylift #VietnamWar #AdopteeStories

It's the 50-Year Anniversary of Operation Baby Lift. Here is my podcast with my friend Mia Oddo, who was on one of those flights, and shares her story. #operationbabylift #survivor #podcast youtu.be/wUYn6hVXwDA?...

Operation Babylift Collection Operation Babylift Collection project compiles and organizes adoptee records and documents into a consolidated archival resource.

War Chaos Crash Love. Devaki created a remarkable and moving exhibit ( and she was one of the C-5 crash survivors )
#operationbabylift

www.operationbabylift.org

Water on the Moon - McFarland Water on the Moon A Physician’s Memoir of Service from the Vietnam War to Humanitarian Crises Worldwide Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH 978-1-4766-9664-5 978-1-4766-5435-5

Dr Burkle's adventures in #humanitarian #healthcare incl moving, harrowing stories of caring for ill Vietnamese children in #OperationBabylift (he met 1 child yrs later) & a matter-of-fact acct of threats in Iraq (20% off w/code HOLIDAY24) #VietnamWar #skystorians mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wate...