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The Conversation

The Conversation: Iran and oil supply; Operation Babylift

By Catherine Cruz,
Maddie Bender, Lillian Tsang
Published March 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM HST
Edna Deichl, left, wife of a Free Flight pilot, naps while Linda Reid, center, wife of the co-pilot, and Lillian Bradshaw, an orphanage worker, feed their charges on a flight from Seattle to Chicago, bringing Vietnamese orphans to their new homes, April 6, 1975.
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Edna Deichl, left, wife of a Free Flight pilot, naps while Linda Reid, center, wife of the co-pilot, and Lillian Bradshaw, an orphanage worker, feed their charges on a flight from Seattle to Chicago, bringing Vietnamese orphans to their new homes, April 6, 1975.

Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1.

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