Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:07 AM

Dear Lana,

Firstly I would like to thank you for your loving work.

My name is Phillip Olliges (HOA VAN MINH) and i was on that C5 Galaxy plane that crashed April, 4th 1975. I was being adopted through "Terre des Hommes" in 1975 by a wonderful German family.

To be honest I've given up all kinds of researches concerning my past roots but yesterday I jumped on a subject I've never heard before. This was the term "Operation Babylift". Since then I got the book "Turn My Eyes Away" written by Rosemary Taylor and I really didn't know
anything about my past. So "Operation Babylift" opened me lots of new undiscoverd doors to get proper information about the crash and all that.

While surfing the Internet I hit your webpage and I was quite overwhelmed by all those caring and sad people that try to find their relatives. Personally, I don't have too much hope to find some relatives and on the other hand I'm quite confident now with my situation concerning
the past but I want to give it a try as well. So here's my story:

Due to my original Vietnamese papers I was born in Khanh Hung, Ba Xuyen on 21th of October, 1974 (reference number 2752). Person making declaration: Truong-Thi-Toi. The registrar: Nguyen Thanh Meo.

I was given the name "Joel" by the nurses. According to the book "Turn My Eyes Away" in the upper cabin of the plane there were the most surviving babies coming from some Allambie children, Phu My Children, 50 To Am children and 20 New Haven Children. It as also mentioned that only one boy survived in the lower places of the plane.

This is all I know. If you can help me by any chance finding someone who knows my story I would be very grateful!!!

Thank you again for your wonderful work.

Sincerely
Hoa
Email: polliges@gmx.de

P.S. - Feel free to publish my mail on your webpage.