Early Access - Operation Babylift and the Disaster that Killed 138 People (Patreon)

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If you found this video to be interesting, be sure to subscribe as there is a new video every Saturday. This video also went out to my Patrons on Patreon 48 hours before going out publicly. Consider joining here from £1 per month: https://www.patreon.com/DisasterBreakdown Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chloe_HowieCB Music/Personal Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOwQGtbF_x7ODL1U_A61IQg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chloe_canaria Operation Babylift It was the end days of the Vietnam War. America had largely withdrawn, and the North Vietnamese were closing in on what was known at the time as Saigon, the largest city in South Vietnam. It was about to fall to communist rule. The United States with support from allied nations sought to execute an evacuation operation of Saigon. This included the topic of discussion today, Operation Babylift. Operation Babylift is known primarily for two reasons. The evacuation of thousands of children, including babies from South Vietnam, and the devastating plane crash that claimed 138 of those lives. And that’s what we’ll be focusing on today. Sources: https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750404-0 https://web.archive.org/web/20150829192251/http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/About/History/Number%202%20The%20Vietnam%20Cauldron.pdf http://airlift-tanker-association.s3.amazonaws.com/atq/ATQ_Spring_2005.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNTh6KlXXU&ab_channel=TheLifeGuide https://www.npr.org/2015/04/26/402208267/remembering-the-doomed-first-flight-of-operation-babylift https://theaviationgeekclub.com/operation-babylift-the-crash-of-c-5-number-68-0218/ https://www.flickr.com/people/13476480@N07/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/33352937003/in/photostream/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ http://lde421.blogspot.com/2013/01/harvey-redisaile-orphans-hospital-and.html http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2015/4/30/vietnam-war-remembering-operation-babylifts-tragic-start.html Further Viewing on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNTh6KlXXU&ab_channel=TheLifeGuide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVKd-x5QVc&ab_channel=JohnDRuddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iAWUliBy3E&ab_channel=CBSSundayMorning