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A small bowl of rice is a meal for the 1,245 childen in the Govap Orphanage in Saigon, where some have legs as thin as a man's thumb and the children (...)
A small bowl of rice is a meal for the 1,245 childen in the Govap Orphanage in Saigon, where some have legs as thin as a man's thumb and the children (...)

A small bowl of rice is a meal for the 1,245 childen in the Govap Orphanage in Saigon, where some have legs as thin as a man's thumb and the children (...)

Date2/13/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: A small bowl of rice is a meal for the 1;245 childen in the Govap Orphanage in Saigon; where some have legs as thin as a man's thumb and the children cry with hunger. It's estimated there are 200;000 orphans throughout South Viet Nam; most of them fathered by U.S. servicemen. Some infants are found in the streets.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019041F