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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Babylift
TIL of Operation Babylift, a US-led evacuation of children from Vietnam during the Vietnam War for adoption in America, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The very first flight crashed shortly after takeoff and killed 78 children.
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That’s depressing.
Vietnam War was a sh!tshow in just about every possible way. Only way it could have been worse would have been nukes, it seems, Jesus.
Thanks, France, for getting U.S. involved. Just couldn’t let your colony go, could you?
My grandfather was on the flight as an Air Force member. He survived but his hair grew in white from that day forward. Such a horrible, horrible event.
I bet the Vietnamese view those adoptions a lot differently than the US
This was one of the saddest episodes of Mayday.
There’s a joke about a crying baby on a plane somewhere in that sad story