"Operation Babylift: Perspectives and Legacies" is the latest special exhibition at the Presidio Officers' Club in San Francisco and explores the lasting impacts of a dramatic airlift that removed more than 2,000 Vietnamese children from their war-torn country to be adopted by American families as Saigon fell in April 1975.
The extraordinary story continued at the Presidio, where more than 1,500 of these children were transferred before being placed with adoptive families. As more than 5,400 volunteers in the San Francisco Bay Area cared for the children, Operation Babylift itself was being debated across the country.
| Bridge to reunite families of Operation Babylift At the request of our readers, Dantri/DTiNews will act as a bridge to help reconnect relatives of Vietnamese children who were part of the historic 1975 Operation Babylift, in which more than 3,300 infants and children were airlifted out of southern Vietnam to the United States, Australia, France, Canada and other countries, and were adopted by families there, in the final days before Reunification. If you have stories or information about Operation Babylift, please contact us at thegioi@dantri.com.vn. Thank you. |
Visitors can contribute their perspectives in the gallery. Parts of the gallery content are translated into Vietnamese, and a print guide with Vietnamese translation of all content will be available.
This exhibition and program series is co-curated by the Presidio Trust and the Adoption Museum Project, and was shaped by input from more than two dozen community contributors. It marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Babylift and the end of the Vietnam War.
Some photos at the exhibition:
