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The first day of life without war for the 52 Vietnamese Children began with their arrival at San Francisco's presidio. And one of the first things to do was find out exactly who was who the Children and their Red Cross aides were quickly taken inside. But there

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was really little time to think about sleep because the takeoff from Saigon was so sudden, one of the first things to be done was identify who was who and get word to families. The volunteer workers gently guided the Children to their beds. Everyone aware this was

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the first night without war. The Children would ever spend. The only sad notes in the whole operation was the knowledge of how many Children remain in Vietnam. And a switchboard swamped with the compassionate calls of people wanting to help but not being needed right now. I

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think probably the toughest problem we've had is the tremendous amount of help that's being offered and literally forced upon us. Uh We are inundated. Our lines are blocked with calls offering everything from clothes and blankets, from Arkansas to people from Alaska and Brooklyn who want to

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adopt Children. Um Our lines are literally clogged. We have people who continue to find their way inside who uh want to cook meals, bring in some fresh baked bread. Uh We even had an offer of mother's milk, fresh baked. Uh The response has been mend. The

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American people are really behind this and it's really heartwarming, but unfortunately, it has bogged our operation down terribly. The parents have all been contacted through our Denver office and they are, some of them saw their Children on TV and called and said, oh, we saw our

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kids. What is the condition of the Children here now? Health condition, excellent. They're all in there running and playing and eating and, and just having a good time before the morning was over, five Children were on their way to their families in Oregon. And as they

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left their temporary home for the airport, the organizers continued their efforts to make arrangements to deliver all the Children. Ok. Time for you. You here in Oregon, we can meet him. Come on. Thank you. The first group of Children is now on the final leg of

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their long journey to a new life and new families. All of the Children here at Harman Hall will be home by tomorrow. And then the next step is for all the volunteers to get some rest and prepare for an additional airlift of some 1 to 2000

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Children. But when that happens is as uncertain as the fate of South Vietnam Lynn Joyner. Channel five eyewitness news reporting from the presidio.