Vietnam Babylift Resource Page
Heather's Homecoming Day
Lana Noone exhibited Viet Nam Veteran "Doc" Bernie Duff's Painting, "Heather's Homecoming Day" at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York on May 1, 2006.
Doc Bernie's painting commemorates the arrival of Heather Constance Noone from Viet Nam via "Operation Babylift" on April 23, 1975.
Heather died on May 17, 1975.
She was 3 months old.
The Noone family is very grateful to Doc Bernie for honoring Heather's brief life with his outstanding artwork.
URL: http://academics.adelphi.edu/artsci/asianstudies/events.php
A Circle of Sisters
http://www.acircleofsisters.com
This site provides information about the Defense Attache Office civilian women, who were active in Operation Babylift and who lost 37 of their colleagues in the C5A crash.
A Spiritual Warrior's Journey
http://www.lzangel.com/WarBook.htm
Adopted Vietnamese International
http://www.adoptedvietnamese.org
This site provides many links to articles about Operation Babylift and many related topics.
Also-Known-As
http://www.alsoknownas.org
AKA provides links to many adoptee groups and includes a calendar of events and programs.
Amerasian Network
http://www.Amerasiannetwork.org
A nonprofit organization which operates in Vietnam to benefit Amerasians and displaced young people in the areas of education, health, orphans and migration.
Website of Andrea Warren, who has written a book about Viet Nam Babylift adoptee Dr. Matt Steiner
www.AndreaWarren.com
Catalyst Foundation
US-based group working to promote positive change for the children of Vietnam.
http://www.catalystfoundation.org
Christian Langworthy
Vietnam Babylift adoptee and award-winning author and poet
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/langworthy.html
Humanitarian Award
http://www.vietnamexp.com/Awards/humanitarian.htm
In The Shadow Of The Blade
http://www.intheshadowoftheblade.com
International War Poets Archives
iwvpa.net/duffb/index.htm
Korean American Adoptee/Adoptive Families Network (KAAN)
www.kaanet.com
The mission of the Korean American Adoptee/Adoptive Families Network (KAAN) is "to network individuals and groups related to Korean adoption. The network facilitates dialogue, promotes resource sharing and disseminates information".
Loretto Authors and Artists
www.lorettocommunity.org/books.htm
"Working for justice, acting for peace"
Provides information about Susan McDonald's Babylift book "For Children Cannot Wait."
Mindful Media
www.mindfulmediabooks.com
Site contains information about adopting a child from Vietnam today told from the persepective of an American Buddhist mom.
Motherland Tour
http://www.motherlandtour.com
Providing a bridge for Vietnamese adoptees to revisit their homeland.
My Lai Peace Park Project
http://www.mylaipeacepark.org
Vietnam Veteran Mike Boehm's humanitarian group with projects in Vietnam.
The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
www.nvvam.org
This outstanding Museum, located in Chicago, Illinois, displays over 1,000 art works related to the Vietnam War.
In addition, the Museum schedules special Exhibits and Programs throughout the year related to Vietnam War topics of interest.
National Vietnam War Museum
http://www.nationalvnwarmuseum.org
The vision for the Museum (under construction in Mineral Wells, Texas) is to create an atmosphere of learning that will engage people of all ages, nationalities and political points of view.
"Operation Babylift"
A song by Jared Rehberg
Operation Smile
http://www.operationsmile.org
A humanitarian group, whose projects include cleft palate and other reconstructive facial surgery for the children of Vietnam.
Origines Vietnam
www.originesvietnam.com
A French-language website...
From Marita Chi, webmaster:
"This website is dedicated to Rosemary Taylor and Sister Susan McDonald who have devoted their lives to our safety, we the abandoned orphans of war.
Born in Vietnam, adopted in 1969, I've always wanted to know more about my birth country and my own history.
Exchanging emails with Vietnamese American adoptees, showed me how big the need for information was, and how difficult it was to find what might help us reconstruct part of our past.
So far, the websites about Vietnam and adoptees are in English and I offer my help for those who don't understand enough of this language.
I hope it will help to set up a community of Vietnamese adoptees in France, because I'm convinced that things go faster and better when you're supported by a group."
Pan Am Reunion Event
www.paavn.org
This site contains details about the upcoming April 22, 2005-April 24, 2005 Pan Am Reunion Event. It commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the final Pan Am flight from Vietnam, and the involvement of Pan Am employees in Operation Babylift.
Paint and Suffering Website
www.geocities.com/bernie_doc/vietnam.html
Doc Bernie Duff:
Bernie is a Vietnam Veteran and Artist who served as an Army Medic and Army Illustrator during the Vietnam War.
His extraordinary paintings evoke the people and places of the Vietnam Era. Bernie has recently created his first "Operation Babylift" painting, and plans to create a Vietnam Babylift series in the future. He is a member of the Sharon Lane Foundation's Board of Directors.
PeaceTrees Vietnam
http://www.peacetreesvietnam.org
This humanitarian group, founded by the family of Daniel Cheney, a helicopter pilot who died during the Vietnam War, seeks to "reverse the damaging legacy of war by creating a healthy future for the children of Vietnam."
Phu Lam Communications Base
www.phulam.com
The Phu Lam Communications Base website...provides details about Hoi Duc Anh Orphanage, a Saigon facility that the Phu Lam soldiers supported during the Vietnam War.
Sharon Ann Lane Foundation
A medical clinic
http://www.sharonannlanefoundation.org
Spiritual Journey Award
http://www.lzangel.com/awards/spiritual_journey_award.htm
The Seeker
Site provides links to many adoptee and military groups.
http://www.the-seeker.com
The Vietnam Center and Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu
This project has an extensive archive of Vietnam War related materials.
The Vietnam Experience
http://www.vietnamexp.com
The Virtual Vietnam Archive
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/
This free online resource currently includes the full text of more than 80,000 documents, 60,000 photos and slides, hundreds of interviews with veterans and other participants (to include streaming audio and transcripts), other streaming audio and video recordings, and much more. The documents comprise official government and military records to include presidential office materials, unit and operation after action reports, unit rosters, staff journals and morning reports, personal letters, diaries, and many other materials. We add nearly 20,000 pages of new material online each month making this the most potent, dynamic, and easily accessible research tool available regarding the Vietnam War.
Vets With a Mission
http://www.vwam.com
Vietnam Veterans group that arranges humanitarian missions to Vietnam today.
Vietnamese Adoptees Network
http://www.van-online.org
The Network provides a site that contains information about adoption in Vietnam and the Operation Babylift adoptees.
Vietnam Veterans Home Page (VVHP)
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu
Mirror sites
http://vietvet.infopsyc.com/
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/
http://www.vietvet.org/
VVHP Galleries
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/history3.htm
The History of the VVHP
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/infoindx.htm
Information and Search Aids Index
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/women.htm
"In-Country Women" Gallery
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project (Military) and A Circle of Sisters/A Circle of Friends (Civilian)
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/brphotos.htm
"Thanks For The Memories"
by Benson Rose
http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/thewall.htm
Includes a little history about The Wall in D.C. followed by stories.
"This Gallery also contains images and text about the Vietnam Women's Memorial that stands near 'The Wall' and honors the military and civilian women who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War. Some of
their names are with their brothers' on 'The Wall.'
Diane Carlson Evans, RN, is the founder of this Memorial project. She served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1966 to 1972 and was in Vietnam from 1968-69. The sculptor is Glenna Goodacre, who created the Women's Memorial in bronze."
http://www.vva.org
Provides information about many aspects of The Vietnam Era with links to other relevant sites.
http://www.holtintl.org
Largest international adoption agency in the US with links to many adoptee and adoptive family sites.
http://www.bettytisdale.com
Site that provides information about Betty's humanitarian work during Babylift and today through her organiaztion, HALO.
http://www.icasn.org
Inter-country Adoption Support Network provides many links and information.
http://www.mamnon.org
U.S. Vietnamese community group with outreach programs for adoptees and their families
http://www.fcvn.org
Parents' group for families with recently adopted children from Vietnam
http://www.njvvmf.org
New Jersey Vietnam Era Educational Center website
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org
Donaldson Adoption Institute site with research links, surveys
http://www.sdit.org
Sons and Daughters in Touch site. Adult children of parents who died during the Vietnam War
http://www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project website
http:// www.jaredrehberg.com
Vietnam Babylift adoptee, composer, and artist
http://www.geocities.com/vietnamfront
Author / Huey Pilot Jan Hornung's Vietnam website
http://www.topvietnamveterans.org
This group of Vietnam veterans arranges "Tours of Peace" to Vietnam.
http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org
This humanitarian group provides a stable, "home-style" environment in Vietnam
for orphaned children, many of whom require continuing medical care, which is
also provided.
http://www.vvrp.org
The Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project (VVRP) is a group of Vietnam Veterans whose mission is "to send teams of Veterans to Viet Nam to reconcile with the Vietnamese and to heal the emotional and spiritual wounds suffered in the war."
http://www.fcvn.org
Families with Children from Vietnam
National organization of families who have adopted (or are adopting) children from Vietnam. Local chapters in the US and Canada. Directory, photo gallery, local chapter information, adoption stories and resources are provided on their website.
http://www.chaobannewsletter.com
Chao Ban Newsletter
Quarterly print newsletter for families who have adopted children from Vietnam, provides articles, news, and activities on adoption, Vietnamese culture, and parenting.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org
Adopt Vietnam
The oldest and largest website on Vietnam adoption. Hundreds of articles on adoption, travel, Vietnam and parenting.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/babylift-links.htm
Operation Babylift
Overview of the Vietnam Babylift, plus detailed articles on the Vietnam babylift representing all the participants: parents, adoptees, agencies, military, volunteers, medical personal, and more.
TouchTheWall
This humanitarian group provides a stable, "home-style" environment in Vietnam
for orphaned children, many of whom require continuing medical care, which is
also provided.
http://www.vvrp.org
The Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project (VVRP) is a group of Vietnam Veterans whose mission is "to send teams of Veterans to Viet Nam to reconcile with the Vietnamese and to heal the emotional and spiritual wounds suffered in the war."
http://www.fcvn.org
Families with Children from Vietnam
National organization of families who have adopted (or are adopting) children from Vietnam. Local chapters in the US and Canada. Directory, photo gallery, local chapter information, adoption stories and resources are provided on their website.
http://www.chaobannewsletter.com
Chao Ban Newsletter
Quarterly print newsletter for families who have adopted children from Vietnam, provides articles, news, and activities on adoption, Vietnamese culture, and parenting.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org
Adopt Vietnam
The oldest and largest website on Vietnam adoption. Hundreds of articles on adoption, travel, Vietnam and parenting.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/babylift-links.htm
Operation Babylift
Overview of the Vietnam Babylift, plus detailed articles on the Vietnam babylift representing all the participants: parents, adoptees, agencies, military, volunteers, medical personal, and more.
TouchTheWall
Contact: Sharon Denitto
Email address: touchthewall@aol.com or itsharon@aol.com
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Editor's Note:
The following entry is from Sharon, who does a terrific job for the site. I believe the site will be of interest to all, especially Babylift adoptees/families who wish to locate a deceased Vietnam Veteran (LN).
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Touch the Wall is a unique look at the lives of our heroes on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Sharing information focusing on all facets of these veterans and deciphering fact from fiction because I care.
I want to help especially now that so many in my generation can no longer "touch the wall" for themselves.
My logo below can be copied and pasted (that is my husband's hand and he is actually touching The Moving Wall panel - from a discontinued old panel given to me to hang in my office. I of course am overwhelmed with this replica piece - just looking at it next to my computer gives me hope and inspiration.
www.TouchTheWall.org (http://www.touchthewall.org/)
This site provides a list of orphanages in Vietnam for all who may be searching for this information
http://www.amerasianfamilyfinder.org/VietnamOrphanages.html