History. This month marks 40 years since operation baby lift. The emergency evacuation of children out of vietnam as the war came to an end. In april 1975, ktvu reporter claude man climbed aboard an Airways Plane carrying children from vietnam. Entering San Francisco at the presidio. The children were on their way to oregon. From a war ravaged country where food was scarce, many of the children suffered from malnutrition. Others were sick. One child clutched a dog tucked into his sap satchel. None of them knew where they were going. Its not clear how many of the children brought to the u. S. As orphans had parents who hoped to join them later. But on this april 23rd flight, 45 of the children were placed with relatives in the United States. In all, some 2,500 children were brought from vietnam to the u. S. In just over a month. About half of those children passed through the presidio when they first arrived in the United States. President gerald ford met the first plane when it arrived
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