Operation Babylift: New Perspectives
Thu, Feb 06
|Regis University, Dalton MemorialLibrary
Operation Babylift: New Perspectives exhibit opens on February 1 at the Dalton Memorial Library at Regis University, Denver, CO
Time & Location
Feb 06, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Regis University, Dalton MemorialLibrary, 3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221, USA
About the event
Operation Babylift: New Perspectives marks the beginning of an archival project led by Devaki Murch, a Vietnamese adoptee and survivor of the tragic plane crash in April 1975 that occurred during Operation Babylift - the mass airlift evacuation of Vietnamese children from Vietnam to the United States and other Western countries to their adopted families.
In commemorating the event’s 50th anniversary, Devaki shares the deeply personal reflections she has gathered from the Babylift community, making available to the public, for the first time, insights beyond mainstream media depictions.
The exhibit will be open to the public January 1 - February 28, 2025. A special opening reception will be held at 5:30 PM on Feb. 6 at the Dayton Memorial Library at Regis University in Denver.
Following the reception, Sister Mary Nelle Gage, will share her experiences about her time in Vietnam with Friends For All Children, a Vietnam War- era…