In 2014, Dr. Chang Chen, the curator of this exhibition began researching the stories about Amerasians— children born to American soldiers and their Asian mothers during 1950 to 1982. At the end of Vietnam War in 1975, more than 15,000 children were evacuated from South Vietnam to America under “Operation Babylift”.

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     I Not only did 3% of their fathers acknowledge them, but the Vietnamese community also dismissed them as “children of the dust”. Most Amerasians have no connection whatsoever to their fathers. One such Amerasian was Tony Wang, an award winning rock singer who reached out to Dr. Chang Chen to help find his dad. After many false alarms and a grueling process of elimination, Dr. Chen found the correct Dave Brown in Ohio. After 41 years, the little boy who never knew his father was finally reunited with his long lost dad. Tony is now eligible to become an U.S. citizen under Public Law 97-359.