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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Saving the Children of Saigon, Operation Babylift

As the North Vietnamese army approached Saigon, government and private relief organizations engaged in a massive humanitarian program to evacuate war orphans. The History Guy tells the forgotten history of a program that was well intended, but also flawed, reminding us that history can be complex.
VIDEO HERE  (13:46 minutes)

3 comments:

  1. History can indeed be complex.
    But one can learn from the repeated historical cycles, and (hopefully) avoid mistakes made in the past.
    #1 Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
    #2 Fight to win- a stalemate is not acceptable.
    #3 Remember the Trojan Horse. And prepare accordingly.

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  2. Wasn’t Brock involved in this?
    WiscoDave

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