'Something has been missing': Children of the Vietnam War are pushing for more family reunifications

WASHINGTON – Luna Howard knows she is running out of time to find her father. And without his last name, a photograph or an address, she's unlikely to ever be reunited with him. 

But she cannot stop searching and hoping.   

Howard is one of thousands of children conceived between American servicemen and Vietnamese women during the Vietnam War. Like other Amerasians, Howard wants to know more about the American side of her family. 

"My whole life, I have felt as if something has been missing, a part of myself, a part of who I am," Howard says. "This is an unfinished story for many Amerasians."