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Launch of Operation Babylift to Evacuate Vietnamese Children

The Ford administration initiated Operation Babylift, a U.S.-led program to evacuate Vietnamese orphans and other children from South Vietnam to the United States and allied countries.

Launch of Operation Babylift to Evacuate Vietnamese Children

The operation was a major humanitarian response to the collapsing South Vietnamese state and became a high-profile symbol of the final days of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.

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