I was not even aware of this event, but today’s feature does commemorate the tragedy that occurred in spite of the good this event did. On this date in 1975, one of the planes involved in Operation Babylift (U.S. operation to remove orphans following the Vietnam War were flown from Vietnam and other countries) crashed only twelve minutes after take-off. There were 138 people killed in the crash, and that included 78 children. This was the only tragedy in tnis highly successful operation.
For more info:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Babylift
https://www.flickr.com/photos/97930879@N02/10090998564/in/photolist-gnH1iS
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