Mekong Joe Trailer 1

A one-man play, written and directed by Steve Stajich. Based on the life of Joseph Tran Thanh Hai Wandell and performed by Joe Wandell himself.

"Towards the fall of Saigon in April 1975, orphanages all over South Vietnam were filling with children. Some were the children of American soldiers whose mothers feared for both their safety once the North Vietnamese found them. On April 4, 1975, the first flight took off out of the war-torn nation carrying 330 adults and children. The plane crashed due to a mechanical failure killing about half of those onboard.
Many of the children taken out were not actually orphans. Many had loving, but poor, families in South Vietnam, who were told that their children would be returned to them.
As the children of Operation Babylift grew up, many of them would come face to face with prejudice and discrimination. Many of the children were the biracial offspring of American GIs stationed in Vietnam. They would struggle with their identities as Vietnamese and American"
Excerpt by Christine Lai -- "The orphans of Vietnam"

Joseph Tran Thanh Hai Wandell was one of those children - this is his story

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Great job David. Great story Tran Than

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Great job David. Great story Tran Than Hi

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