American Experience
Daughter From Danang: The Last Orphan

May 7, 1975

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[Panel 1] Mrs. Rosenthal: Yes, we'll be taking her home to Sata Monica this afternoon! And we have already decided to call her "Kim"! [Panel 2] Reporter: Mrs. Rosenthal, seeing how we have over 100,000 unadopted orphans in our own country, why did you choose to adopt a Vietnamese baby? [Panel 3] Mrs. Rosenthal: We decided to adopt Kim because of the immediacy of her plight! It had nothing to do with her being Vietnamese. [Panel 4] Mrs. Rosenthal: Of course I won't deny the glamour of it all... Kim: {thinking} Yes, let's not fool ourselves, gang--I'm a class act!