The children of Vietnam War's Operation Babylift 50 years on who arrived to Australia in shoboxes

Thousands of Vietnamese children were evacuated from Saigon in the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War. Nearly 300 children were brought to Australia in Operation Babylift, and adopted by Australian families.

50 years later, Australian adoptees reflect on their past, the search for long-lost family, and the legacy of the mission.

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