Ayesha Bharmal and Vietnam War

Vietnam War: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette TORONTO - The decades-old scars on her body raise questions, but Ayesha Bharmal isn't sure she wants the answers, according to Brandon Sun. All she knows is that she suffered them as a baby in Vietnam when she was abandoned at an orphanage amid a chaotic war in the 1970s. Bharmal was among some 3,000 children scooped up by various rescue flights during the final days of the Vietnam War, 40 years ago this month. Related Items Articles Forty years on, Vietnam war orphans express thanks for Canadian adoptions Quotes from some Vietnam draft dodgers who moved to Canada40 years since end of Vietnam War, U.S. draft dodgers left their mark in Canada End Related Items She suspects they are signs of early abuse, noting that those who've seen them suggest they were caused by a knife. In the weeks preceding the fall of Saigon, conditions deteriorated rapidly as Communist forces from North Vietnam closed in on South Vietnam capital, now Ho Chi Minh City. But Bharmal doesn't linger on dark thoughts, saying she prefers to focus on the rescue mission that brought her and dozens of other children to Canada for adoption. "I know there are horror stories about how the children were destroyed ... horrifying," says Bharmal, who guesses from her features that she was the child of a black U.S. soldier. "I'm very grateful." Bharmal was among some 3,000 children scooped up by various rescue flights during the final days of the Vietnam War, 40 years ago this month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.