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This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift
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