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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, 1954-

Last airlift : a Vietnamese orphan’s rescue from war / Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.

ISBN 978-0-9869495-4-8 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-9869495-1-7 (pbk.)

1. Son Thi Anh, Tuyet--Juvenile literature. 2. Orphans--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City--Biography--Juvenile literature. 3. Orphanages--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City--Juvenile literature. 4. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Children--Biography--Juvenile literature. 5. Airlift, Military--Vietnam--History--20th century--Juvenile literature. 6. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Canadian--Juvenile literature. 7. Adopted children--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature. 8. Vietnamese Canadians--Biography--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

DS559.8.C53S57 2011--- j959.704’3086914092 --- C2011-905422-1

U.S. Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.)

Forchuk Skrypuch, Marsha, 1954-

Last airlift : a Vietnamese orphan’s rescue from war / Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.

[ ] p. : photos. ; cm.

Includes index.

Summary: The story of the last Canadian airlift rescue operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975. Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of the 57 babies and children on that flight. Based on personal interviews and enhanced with archival photographs, Tuyet’s story of the Saigon orphanage and her flight to Canada is an emotional and suspenseful journey.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9869495-4-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9869495-1-7 (pbk.)

1. Son Thi Anh, Tuyet - Juvenile literature. 2. Orphans - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City - Biography - Juvenile literature. 3. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Children - Biography - Juvenile literature. 4. Airlift, Military - Vietnam--History - 20th century - Juvenile literature. 5. Vietnamese Canadians - Biography - Juvenile literature. I. Title.

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Photo Credits

Cover: Rice terrace–Shutterstock/©Pattarawat Teparagul; Hercules 130, Major Cliff Zacharias–courtesy of Major (Retired) Cliff Zacharias; Tuyet arriving in Canada–Doug Griffin/Toronto Star; Tuyet passport photograph–courtesy of Dorothy Morris; 1-1: Birth certificate–courtesy of Dorothy Morris; 1-2: helicopters–Getty Images/Archive Holdings Inc.; 2-1: tanks in Saigon–© Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS; 2-2: civilians flee–© Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS; 2-3: Hercules 130–courtesty of Major (Retired) Cliff Zacharias; 3-1: boxed babies–courtesy of 426 Squadron, 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Trenton; 3-2: Major Cliff Zacharias–courtesy of Major (Retired) Cliff Zacharias; 4-1: aid workers assist children; 4-2: children on rescue flight; 4-3: aid workers in Hong Kong–426 Squadron, 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Trenton; 4-4: Tuyet arriving in Canada; 5-1: orphan with care worker; 5-2: medical staff examines baby; 5-3: toddler with new bear–Doug Griffin/Toronto Star/GetStock; 6-1: Adoption Order form–courtesy of Dorothy Morris; 6-2: Morris Family; 7-1: newspaper headline–Brantford Expositor; 8-1: Tuyet’s passport photos; 9-1: Tuyet’s Vietnamese handwriting; 10-1: Tuyet with Linh, 1975; 10-2: Tuyet and siblings–courtesy of Dorothy Morris; 11-1: Canadian Forces Base Trenton–courtesy of Major (Retired) Cliff Zacharias; 11-2: Corporal with 2 orphans–courtesty of 426 Squadron, 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Trenton; 11-3: Marsha and Tuyet–Brian Thompson