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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.
The Babylift Memorial Page is dedicated to all who died during Babylift, or as a result of Babylift.
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.
For more information about the Vietnam Babylift or this incredible web site, please contact Lana Noone, at her email address: [email protected].
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
[email protected]
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).
(all photographs and written entries were approved by Lana Noone, August 2007 for use by the Touch The Wall web site)
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