The fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975 displaced approximately three million Vietnamese. My late husband Ricardo J. Bordallo. then Governor of Guam. welcomed the 150.000 Vietnamese refugees who landed on Guams shores in April 1975. I vividly remember how the Guam community came together in solidarity with the Vietnamese people and worked hard to help comfort these brave individuals who had left all their worldly possessions behind in the name of freedom. The people of Guam empathized with the Vietnamese refugees. and we opened our hearts as well as our island to them. As First Lady. I organized care for the hundreds of orphan babies who arrived as a result of Operation Baby Lift.
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