US Edition"Operation Babylift" adoptees talk about their experience 50 years later
- In April 1975, as Saigon was about to fall, the U.S. Carried out Operation Babylift, conducting 32 flights to transport approximately 2,600 Vietnamese children to the United States for adoption.
- This airlift occurred amid the fall of Saigon and involved some unauthorized flights and a crash that killed dozens of children, though some, like Lara Price, survived.
- Many adoptees, including three women whose lives are still unfolding, later discovered they were not orphans and that some Vietnamese parents sent them to safety hoping to reunite later.
- East Bay attorney Thomas Miller explained that some Vietnamese families sent their children abroad in an effort to protect them, while Rong Kuhtz exposed extensive wrongdoing involved in the process.
- The mission’s controversy led to a lawsuit seeking adoption eligibility that was denied, leaving many adoptees with unverifiable identities who often turn to DNA testing to learn their origins.
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Aurora man, orphaned and abandoned during Vietnam War, reflects on life-changing adoption
AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Fifty years ago, thousands of babies and young children were evacuated from the war zone in the final days of the Vietnam War. It was a herculean humanitarian effort dubbed "Operation Babylift." The children joined legions of other adoptees who'd been placed in loving homes all around the world over the course of the war. John Lê Cupp of Aurora was one of those children. Colorado nurse recalls 5 days in Vietnam that …
Abilene's Vietnam veteran recalls Operation Babylift and Fall of Saigon
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - A retired Vietnam veteran shares stories and tragedies from the final days of the Vietnam War, including his account of the Fall of Saigon. April 30, 1975, marks the day Saigon fell to North Vietnamese troops, signaling the official end of the Vietnam War. Now, 50 years later, the stories shared by those who served often reflect a mixture of duty, heroism, and loss. It is crucial to understand what these brave men an…
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udgtvBabies evacuated from Vietnam in the middle of war look for their mothers 50 years later
Fifty years after their chaotic evacuation from Saigon in the last days of the Vietnam war, thousands of those who were then babies or young children have returned to the country in the hope of finding their biological mothers. During the last chaotic days of the Vietnam war, Americans evacuated more than 3,000 children who were later adopted in North America, Europe or Australia. The operation was highly criticized at the time because some of t…
How American Christians Traffick Babies Through Overseas Adoption – “The United States has Taken More Adopted Children than Every Other Country Put Together” - Medical Kidnap
Most Americans don't know that the current foreign Adoption Industry in the U.S. started in the 1950s, when Evangelical Christians petitioned Congress to allow them to adopt more children from Korea during the Korean War. Harry and Bertha Holt, based out of Oregon and with six children of their own, wanted to adopt more children from Korean orphanages in South Korea. U.S. law at the time only allowed a couple to adopt 2 children from outside of …
How American Christians Traffick Babies Through Overseas Adoption – “The United States has Taken More Adopted Children than Every Other Country Put Together” - Vaccine Impact
Most Americans don't know that the current foreign Adoption Industry in the U.S. started in the 1950s, when Evangelical Christians petitioned Congress to allow them to adopt more children from Korea during the Korean War. Harry and Bertha Holt, based out of Oregon and with six children of their own, wanted to adopt more children from Korean orphanages in South Korea. U.S. law at the time only allowed a couple to adopt 2 children from outside of …
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