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Ross Meador

Ross Meador is the author of Carried Away: A Memoir of Rescue and Survival Among the Orphans of the Viet Nam War. Profoundly moved by the suffering of Vietnamese war orphans while growing up during the Vietnam War, he traveled to South Vietnam at just 19 years old with the Friends of Children of Viet Nam (FCVN), helping deliver supplies to orphanages, finding families for hundreds of children, and playing a key role in Operation Babylift before being evacuated from the U.S. Embassy rooftop in
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Carried Away: A Memoir of Rescue by Ross Meador
Carried Away: A Memoir of Rescue by Ross Meador

4.5/5

Ross Meador's memoir delivers a rare ground-level perspective on Operation Babylift and the fall of Saigon, told by a 19-year-old volunteer who was already embedded in South Vietnam's orphanages long before the official evacuation began.

Reviewed Apr 3, 2026

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