Vietnam Babylift Personal Stories


Ronald B. Speight


I was a medic with operation New Life we were the transition when they started evacuating the adult Vietnamese.I worked at two of vthe refugee camps including the largest tent city at orote point we worked around the clock 24 a day on this tiny island 130,000 vietnamese many sick some wounded i saw some badly burnt children with both old and new burns on then this experience has given me PTSD and i can still hear the children scream and its almost 30 years after the fact i am looking for any medic that was there thank you


Ronald Speight
Email: iarmymedic@aol.com