During the Vietnam War, some 3,000 orphans came to the U.S. Orphans like Tobi Snyder, who was barely six pounds when she came to America. "I have a real love for life," she said.

In total, a huge humanitarian effort saw 3,300 Viet children - not all of them orphans - make it safely to western allies such as the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and West Germany.

(NEXSTAR) — Nuns and nurses, pilots and volunteers. They’re the heroes who pulled off a massive evacuation effort 50 years ago — airlifting 3,000 Vietnamese orphans out of the war zone in ...

In June, 30 of those same orphans — now adults — will return together to Vietnam for the first time, retracing the path that changed their lives forever.

Fifty years ago, as North Vietnamese troops headed south, the director of the Cam Ranh Christian Orphanage fled with 85 kids and staff, who were resettled in America. Their lives were no doubt bett… ...

She later returned to the U.S. to help process the orphans upon arrival. But back in Vietnam, tragedy struck. On April 4, 1975, a C-5 Air Force jet loaded with Vietnamese orphans being evacuated ...

GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND (PIX11)– The Pan Am Museum hosted a special event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Operation Babylift, a humanitarian effort to evacuate thousands of Vietnamese… ...

On April 4, 1975, a C-5 Air Force jet loaded with Vietnamese orphans being evacuated to the United States, crashed outside Saigon. Looking at a scrapbook filled with photos of children, ...

They’re the heroes who pulled off a massive evacuation effort 50 years ago — airlifting 3,000 Vietnamese orphans out of the war zone in the final days of the Vietnam War.

(NEXSTAR) — Nuns and nurses, pilots and volunteers. They’re the heroes who pulled off a massive evacuation effort 50 years ago — airlifting 3,000 Vietnamese orphans out of the war zone in the final ...