The Heather Constance Noone Award


For Extraordinary Actions on Behalf of the Vietnam Babylift


December 30, 2005

The Vietnam Babylift 30th Anniversary Awards Committee presents the Heather Constance Noone Memorial Award to the following recipients for Extraordinary Actions on Behalf of the Vietnam Babylift. You can view and download individual award certificates (in PDF format) by clicking on the recipient's name.


Colonel Regina Aune
United States Air Force
Injured in C5-A crash

Naomi Bronstein
Families For Children
Montreal, Canada

Pearl S. Buck International
Perkasie, PA

Cherie Clark
Friends of Children of Vietnam

Edward Daly
World Airways
Atlanta, GA
(Posthumous Award)

Colonel Robert Kane
Commanding Officer
The Presidio

Holt International Children's Services
Eugene, OR

Madame Le Thanh Kieu
Hoi Duc Anh
(Posthumous Award)

Kathy Manney
Clark Air Force Base Viet Nam Babylift Volunteers
The Phillipines

Cheryl Markson
Friends of Children of Vietnam/Friends of Children of Various Nations
Denver, CO

Ross Meador
Friends of Children of Viet Nam

Pan American Airways
Vietnam

LeAnn Thieman
Friends of Children of Vietnam

Betty Tisdale
Founder, HALO-Helping and Loving Orphans

Al Topping
Pan American Airways

Colonel Dennis W. Traynor
United States Air Force (Retired)
C5-A Pilot

Sally Vinyard
Defense Attache Office

Sergeant Phillip R. Wise
United States Air Force (Retired)
C5-A Survivor and Babylift adoptee mentor