The Boston Globe, April 7th, 2003
In 1975, just as American troops were leaving Vietnam, the United States airlifted 2,000 orphans and Asian-American children out of the country in a humanitarian effort called "Operation Babylift." Tonight, in a fascinating documentary, PBS's "American Experience" explores the story of what happened to one of those children, Mai Thi Hiep, after she was adopted and raised in Tennessee. As the cameras record the tender occasion, Hiep, now known as Heidi, returns to Vietnam after 22 years to reunite with a family and a culture she ultimately finds too foreign to accept. The heartbreaking 90-minut...
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