Hoi An, Vietnam, April 30, 2025 (AFP) - 'I have hope': Vietnam Babylift survivor's search for birth mother

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2025-04-30

Airlifted from Saigon as an 11-month-old baby, Odile Dussart is now back living in the land of her birth hoping to find her biological mother. Dussart was one of more than 3,000 children that were part of Operation Babylift. Removed by the United States at the end of the Vietnam War, they were eventually adopted by families across North America, Europe and Australia. The stories of the evacuees and others involved illustrate the way the conflict......

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