AdvertisementFlight Attendant On Saigon Evacuation: You Wanted 'To Help Every Child'April 28, 2015Patricia MurphyfacebookEmailChildren aboard this World Airways DC-8 jet were evacuated from Vietnam on April 2, 1975, shortly before the fall of Saigon and just two days before the first official Operation Babylift flight. Among the children was Thanh Jeff Ghar (center, lying by a window), 12. (Photo as exhibited at the Presidio's Operation Babylift: Perspectives & Legacies exhibition at the Officers' Club, courtesy of the AP)