The April 1975 effort matched more than 2,800 infants and children evacuated from Vietnam with adoptive families. Today, the adoptees are searching for clues to their past—and reflecting on the complicated legacy of their evacuation

In 1985 20/20 ABC News featured a news segment about Operation Babylift. It was the first feature that told the story of my history, the...

KDVR, Nexstar Media I had never been filmed before. It has been quite the journey this past year delving into this archive project and seeing where it took us. This documentary piece by NewsNation and Jeremy Hubbard brings together some of the key people that are the reason we are here today. It was amazing to meet most of them at the Operation Babylift exhibit opening at Regis University Center for the Study of War Experience event. https://youtu.be/o94pfJTEXLI?feature=share

The first plane to fly children out of Vietnam crashed, killing dozens. Survivors found homes across the United States. By Petula Dvorak Devaki Murch, who was one of the babies who survived the tragic crash of the first Operation Babylift flight out of Saigon on April 4, 1975, found her adoption records in a basement in Colorado and is now trying to connect dozens of people who survived the accident and went on to be adopted in the United States with the records of their past