Vietnamese Refugee Children on a Flight to San Francisco

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Description

The passengers on board this Pan Am flight to San Francisco International Airport were some of the 10,300 South Vietnamese children that were evacuated from Vietnam during Operation Babylift following the Fall of Saigon. While this group of children descended into the Bay Area, the mass evacuation saw children headed to a variety of destinations including Canada, France, and Australia.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection GRF-WHPO: White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration).

National Archives Identifier: 12082682

Full Citation: Photograph GRF-WHPO-A3854-04A; Vietnamese Refugee Children on an Operation Babylift Flight Arriving at San Francisco International Airport; 4/5/1975; Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, 8/9/1974 – 1/20/1977; Collection GRF-WHPO: White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration),; Gerald R. Ford Library, Ann Arbor, MI. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/operation-babylift-flight/, January 2, 2026]

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