Inside Operation Babylift, which brought Vietnamese orphans to Australia at the Fall of Saigon
When Des Wraight joined the military in 1962, he did not imagine he would be required to change…
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"ΤΗE EMBASSY STAFF AND THE FEW MILITARY PEOPLE LEFT HAD NO CHOICE. THEY HAD TO GO. NEWSMEN DID HAVE THE CHOICE AND A HANDFUL REMAINED TO SEE THE LAST FEW HOURS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAD FLOWERED JUST BRIEFLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE."
—Peter Arnett and George Esper, Associated Press
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. For @foodandwine, Doan Nguyen writes about how her parents escaped Vietnam in a fishing boat with nothing. They eventually made their home in Kinston, North Carolina, where Nguyen was born. Through her childhood, she mourned the family heirlooms and hand-me-downs she would never have, but as she grew up, changed her perspective. "I find it amazing that so many displaced people — especially my parents — took giant risks to better their lives and, in doing so, changed the landscape of food in America," she writes. "Their courage and the kindness of the people who fed us along the way are heirlooms I will always carry with me."
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During the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, 140,0000 South Vietnamese people fled the country to escape the North Vietnamese forces. In April 1979, F&W photo editor Doan Nguyen's family left Vietnam on a fishing boat, resettling in North Carolina in 1980 with no possessions. Here's how she made her own family heirlooms.
[Vietnam W.] South Vietnamese Pilot Who Performed a Daring Feat To Save His Family
https://www.historynet.com/maj-buang-lys-daring-feat-to-save-his-family
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Major Buang landing on the USS Midway 1975-Apr-29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7C3X5NTzBk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)#Operation_Frequent_Wind
Interesting piece of history.
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