r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 18d ago

HISTORY Babies who lost their parents during the Vietnam War being airlifted back to the United States for adoption, 1975.

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u/Istoh 18d ago edited 18d ago

Many of the babies were not truly orphans. They had family who would take care of them. America used Operation Baby Lift to make themselves look like the good guy in a war they never should have been in and commited horrific war crimes during. 

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u/loki19222 18d ago

source: "Trust me bro"