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Sep 9, 2004 · Escape from Saigon, by Andrea Warren is the true story of Matt Steiner, an eight-year-old boy, then named Long, who left Vietnam in one of the Operation Babylift planes, just as Saigon was falling under communist rule.
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- Andrea Warren
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy is the story of one of the orphaned children who in the final chaotic days of the Vietnam War was airlifted from Saigon as part of what became known as Operation Babylift. Today Matt Steiner is an emergency room physician.
Jan 1, 2008 · Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an Ohio family.
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- Andrea Warren
Sep 9, 2004 · Escape from Saigon allows readers to experience Long's struggle to survive in war-torn Vietnam, his dramatic escape to America as part of "Operation Babylift" during the last chaotic days before the fall of Saigon, and his life in the United States as "Matt," part of a loving Ohio family.
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- Andrea Warren
Mar 27, 2012 · This book gives enough detail that it can stand alone without and prior knowledge of the situation in Vietnam at the time of the fall of Saigon. It give a very understandable history to explain it. The story is very compelling and the author has a connection to Operation Babylift.
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- Andrea Warren
- $13.36
- Farrar Straus Giroux
Sep 9, 2004 · ESCAPE FROM SAIGON. HOW A VIETNAM WAR ORPHAN BECAME AN AMERICAN BOY. by Andrea Warren ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 9, 2004. The final frantic days of the Vietnam War are recalled through the experiences of one Amerasian orphan.
Long recalls the fear and excitement during the fall of Saigon, his journey out of Vietnam, his sorrow at the separation from his grandmother, and his emotional transition to his new identity as Matt Steiner.
