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"Operation Homecoming" begins... Vietnam War POWs...
"Operation Homecoming" begins... Vietnam War POWs...
Item # 720609
February 13, 1973
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 13, 1973
* Vietnam War POWs freed in North Vietnam
* "Operation Homecoming" begins - 1st group
* Viet Cong prison camps release - "Hanoi Taxi"
* Clark Air Base arrival - Philippines w/ photos
The front page has a banner headline: "142 Freed POWs reach Clark" with subheads and two related photos. (see images) More on page 3.
Complete with all 30 pages, a few small biding holes along the spine, generally nice.
AI notes: Operation Homecoming, launched on February 12, 1973, was the U.S. mission to repatriate American prisoners of war after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, which formally ended U.S. combat in Vietnam. Over the following two months, 591 POWs were released from North Vietnamese prisons and Viet Cong camps, many of whom had been held for years under harsh and isolated conditions—most notably at the “Hanoi Hilton.” The operation was meticulously planned and involved a series of C-141 Starlifter flights, nicknamed the “Hanoi Taxi,” which transported the men from Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi to Clark Air Base in the Philippines for medical evaluation and debriefing, and then on to the United States, where they received emotional welcomes at Travis Air Force Base and other military facilities. The returnees included several future public figures, such as John McCain, James Stockdale, and Jeremiah Denton, whose televised endurance and later homecomings became symbols of American resilience and sacrifice during the Vietnam War.
Category: The 20th Century
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