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by Andrea Warren


  Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos

  Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos

  Courtesy of Bettmann/Corbis

  Courtesy of Bettmann/Corbis

  From the photo archives of FCVN/FFAC and the personal collection of Mary Nelle Gage, S.L.

  Wilbur E. Garrett / National Geographic Image Collection

  Courtesy of Holt International Children’s Services

  Courtesy of Holt International Children’s Services

  Courtesy of Pam Larsen

  Courtesy of Steve Lopes

  National Archives

  National Archives

  National Archives

  National Archives

  Courtesy of Glen Noteboom

  Courtesy of Glen Noteboom

  Courtesy of Glen Noteboom

  Courtesy of Glen Noteboom

  J. Baylor Roberts / National Geographic Image Collection

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Matt Steiner and Mary Psolla

  Courtesy of Jay Wiedenkeller

  Courtesy of Jay Wiedenkeller

  Courtesy of Jay Wiedenkeller

  Courtesy of Jay Wiedenkeller

  Courtesy of Jay Wiedenkeller

  INDEX

  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

  adoption

  see also international adoptions

  Alison (Alice Spring, now Alison Warren Doerr)

  Amerasians

  Communist mistreatment of

  at Holt Center

  Vietnamese discrimination against

  Amy

  Anh, Miss

  and departure from Holt Center

  special outings with

  Australia

  Ba (Long’s grandmother)

  Buddhism of

  and daughter’s suicide

  and Holt Center

  life in Saigon of

  Long’s adoption and separation from

  village life of

  betel nuts

  Buddhists

  Cambodia

  Canada

  casualties of war

  civilian

  Catholics

  C-5A cargo plane, crash of

  Chamness, Bob

  Chinese

  Communists

  Amerasians and

  fall of Danang to

  South Vietnamese fear of reprisals by

  offensive against South Vietnam launched by

  refugees from

  see also Vietcong

  Congress, U.S.

  Convoy of Tears

  Danang

  Communist takeover of

  discrimination

  against Amerasians in Vietnam

  Ford, Gerald

  foster parents

  French

  Friends For All Children (FFAC)

  Gage, Mary Nelle

  Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon renamed as

  holidays

  American

  Vietnamese

  Holocaust

  Holt International Children’s Services

  adoptions arranged by

  airlift organized by, (see also Operation Babylift)

  Saigon center of

  Indians (American)

  international adoptions

  of Amerasian children

  arranged by Holt International Children’s Services

  King Kong (movie)

  Korean War

  Ky

  Lan

  Laos

  Larsen, Peik

  Long, see Steiner, Matthew Ray

  Marines, U.S.

  Mekong Delta

  Mennonites

  Navy, U.S.

  Newhaven

  North Vietnam

  final offensive of

  map of

  refugees from

  victory of

  Noteboom, Glen

  O’Hare International Airport (Chicago)

  Operation Babylift

  crash of C-5A cargo plane during

  Operation Frequent Wind

  orphanages

  see also Holt International Children’s Services, Saigon center of orphans

  adoption of, see adoption; international adoptions

  Amerasian

  evacuation of, see Operation Babylift

  homeless

  Pan American Airlines

  Peace Corps

  Pioneer Contender (ship)

  “re-education camps”

  refugees

  escape from Vietnam of

  evacuation of

  in United States

  rice paddies

  Saigon

  Americans evacuated from

  bicycles and cyclos in

  children airlifted to United States from

  fall of

  food vendors in

  Holt Center in

  homeless children in

  open-air markets in

  weather in

  zoo in

  sampans

  school

  in America

  in Vietnam

  South Vietnam

  American soldiers in

  army of

  evacuation of refugees from

  fall of

  final offensive in

  map of

  orphans in

  after reunification

  Steiners in

  Vietcong in

  see also Saigon

  Steiner, Christian

  Steiner, Dan

  Steiner, Doug

  Steiner, Jeff

  Steiner, Jim

  Steiner, Kate

  Steiner, Laura Gamble

  Steiner, Mary

  Steiner, Matthew Ray (Long)

  adoption of

  arrival in Chicago of

  birth of

  childhood in Saigon of

  flight to America of

  at Holt Center

  life in United States of

  and mother’s death

  newspaper interview with

  return to Vietnam of

  United States citizenship of

  village life of

  Tai

  Tan Son Nhut Airport (Saigon)

  Taylor, Rosemary

  Tet

  United States

  arrival of orphans in

  emigration of Amerasians to

  evacuation of children to

  and fall of Saigon

  Vietnamese refugees in

  in Vietnam War

  Vietcong

  Vietnam

  French in

  map of

  re-education camps in

  rural villages in

  see also North Vietnam; South Vietnam

  Vietnam War

  aftermath of

  Amerasian children born during, see Amerasians

  end of

  final offensive of

  number of casualties in

  refugees from, see refugees

  United States in

  water buffaloes

  Williams, John

  World War II

  By the same author

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  We Rode the Orphan Train
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  An Imprint of Macmillan

  ESCAPE FROM SAIGON.

  Copyright © 2004 by Andrea Warren. Map copyright © 2004 by Jeffrey L. Ward. All rights reserved. For information, address Square Fish, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

  Square Fish and the Square Fish logo are trademarks of Macmillan and are used by Farrar Straus Giroux under license from Macmillan.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Warren, Andrea.

  Escape from Saigon : how a Vietnam War orphan became an American boy / Andrea Warren.

  p. cm.

  Summary: Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio, and his return to Vietnam.

  ISBN 978-0-374-40023-1

  1. Steiner, Matt—Juvenile literature. 2. Vietnamese Americans—Biography—Juvenile literature 3. Adopted children—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. 4. Orphans—Vietnam—Biography—Juvenile literature. 5. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Children—Juvenile literature. 6. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Refugees—Juvenile literature. 7. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)—Biography—Juvenile literature. [1. Steiner, Matt. 2. Vietnamese Americans—Biography. 3. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Children. 4. Intercountry adoption. 5. Interracial adoption. 6. Adoption.] I. Title.

  E184.V53S74 2004 959.704'3'086*45—dc22 2003060672

  Originally published in the United States by Farrar Straus Giroux

  First Square Fish Edition: February 2012

  Square Fish logo designed by Filomena Tuosto

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  AR: 6.2 / LEXILE: 930L

  eISBN 9781466834484

  First eBook edition: November 2012

 

 

 


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