At the end of the Vietnam War hundreds of orphaned children, born in South Vietnam, were transported into American homes almost overnight in cities and suburbs across the nation. They soon became the beloved sons and daughters of close-knit American families.
They were warmly embraced, they wanted to belong, yet they knew they were somehow different. Strangers stopped them and asked of their origins. In many cases, they were unable to answer. Some, to this day, do not know their father or mother’s name. And it hurts.
Precious Cargo reveals the complex saga of the “babylift.” It is the last chapter of a war that tore their country apart. Yet it is not quite over for more than 2,000 children airlifted from Vietnam to the U.S. in 1975 who were given love and education, but most importantly, a new beginning.