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Operation Babylift
Although my web site normally focuses on the military veterans who are recognized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, I believe this unprecedented event should be highlighted as a very significant aspect of the Vietnam conflict. No where would it be classified within a military category but the circumstances does represent the human heart and love with which this event grew from.
EXCITING NEWS 1 - Vietnam Babylift New Play, "Children of the April Rain"...world-wide media interest has gone viral for the first-ever Vietnam Babylift Play Co-Authored by 9 who lived this incredible, inspiring story, we're honored by the tremendous acclaim that the Play is generating. More information about the group go to Facebook, New Vietnam War "Operation Babylift" Play, "Children of the April Rain". Or Please contact Lana Noone via Facebook and private message for complete details or through www.Vietnambabylift.org/links.html
2 - Cuttings from the First-ever Vietnam "Operation Babylift" Play, Co-authored by several Babylift unsung heroes-Military and Civilian,
will premiere at the Vietnam Babylift 40th Anniversary, New Jersey VIetnam Era Ed Center, Holmdel. NJ, April 25, 2015.
Please contact lananoone@yahoo.com
3 - The first-ever Vietnam "Operation Babylift" Play is now available for presentation at all upcoming 40th Anniversary
Events, 2015.
Please contact lananoone@yahoo.com
Lana Noone welcomes you to the site by stating "The Vietnam Babylift was a unique event . . . a moment in time when many threads
of the Vietnam era joined together in a humanitarian effort. It was one of the extraordinary events of the 20th century. Future generations
might well consider it to have been the moment when the "global family" became a reality in communities throughout the United States.
The Babylift Time Line:
April 2,1975: First (unauthorized) Babylift flight, World Airways, with 57 children on board, landed in Oakland, California
April 3, 1975: President Gerald R. Ford authorizes "Operation Babylift."
April 4, 1975: First authorized Babylift flight (C5A Galaxy) crashes shortly after takeoff. Many lives are saved due to the heroic
efforts of the flight crew, under U.S. Air Force Pilot Colonel Dennis Traynor.
April 5-26, 1975: Babylift flights continue with the final flight on 4/26/75, three days before the complete evacuation of U.S. personnel from Vietnam.
Lana Mae Noone presented a Posthumous Heather Constance Noone Memorial Award at the Vietnam Womens Memorial 15th Anniversary
Ceremony, Washington, DC, on November 11, 2008.
One important footnote, Lana acknowledges that the Vietnam Babylift web site would not be possible nor could it function without her
very dedicated webmaster and veteran, Charlie Wilber. Her faith in him is unwavering. Charlie can be reached on the web site or via
Charlie.wilber@gmail.com
The web site offers personal stories as well as many other facets to include the recent recognition of the
"Vietnam "Operation Babylift" Ceremony, held at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 22, 2007.
In the photograph, (L to R) Ross Meador, Phil Wise, Tia Keevil, President Ford's son, Steven Ford, Welcome Home painting, the creator Bernie "Doc" Duff,
Lana Noone, and Linda Adams, (representing DAO families).
Military U.S. Air Force
For more details on the ill-fated flight, and the names of all civilian passengers, please check the background information at
www.Vietnambabylift.org/Memorial.
(all photographs and written entries were approved by Lana Noone, August 2007 for use by the TTW web site)
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