Operation New Life is the medical support of the evacuation of Vietnam from Saigon to Subic Bay and Guam We are not Operation Frequent Wind that is the embassey we are not Operation New Arrivals they stayed in CONUS we are not Operation Baby Lift that was for the orphans/Amerasian children
Some of us were the first to recieve the Humanitarian Service Medal for Operation New Life April 1975 -Dec 1975 we helped 130,000 Vietnamese at the refugee camps overseas.Next year will be our 35th anniversary.1975-2010 I live in NYC and would like to transfer to a Pa VVA chapter.Would I be excepted as a veteran of the evacuation (and dam proud of it)
Ron, Does Operation New Life have a website? I would be interesting in viewing it. Could you post the url for it if you do?
Tom Murtha
VVA Phila Chapter #266
Thanks Tom
We do not have a website we are pretty much unknown or thought to be other operations,but if there are any questions I can answer I will. To the best of my ability. Thanks
RB Speight
All, I came over on ONL when I was 3 years old and now I'm serving as a LtCol in the US Air Force. I've recently discovered some info on ONL and am always looking for more. If you can point me in the right direction, I'd much appreciate it. It would also be nice to hear more of the/your stories. Thank you for creating the web site and I look forward to watching it grow. I've gather several links about ONL and found a site with a video if you'd like me to share; although, you probably already have it.
Thanks again,
Michael Phan
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