THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Release of U.S. POWs begins – 1973

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Operation Homecoming for Vietnam POWs marks 40 years > Air Force > Article Display

The release of U.S. POWs begins in Hanoi as part of the Paris peace settlement. The return of U.S. POWs began when North Vietnam released 142 of 591 U.S. prisoners at Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport. Part of what was called Operation Homecoming, the first 20 POWs arrived to a hero’s welcome at Travis Air Force Base in California on February 14. Operation Homecoming was completed on March 29, 1973, when the last of 591 U.S. prisoners were released and returned to the United States.

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10 Comments
Anonymous
Anonymous
February 12, 2023 8:12 am

and what was achieved from the conflict

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
February 12, 2023 8:19 am

Profit.

Brawndo
Brawndo
  Anonymous
February 12, 2023 10:15 am

We got a whole lotta heroin out of the golden triangle…and a bunch of young American men addicted to it.

So there’s that.

Anthony Aaron
Anthony Aaron
  Brawndo
February 12, 2023 11:58 am

… and lots and lots and lots of southeast asian refugees in Southern California …

MrLiberty
MrLiberty
  Anthony Aaron
February 12, 2023 2:02 pm

In Garden Grove, CA, there was a popular bumper sticker (in the 80s) that read “Will the last American to leave Garden Grove, please lower the flag?”

Anonymous
Anonymous
February 12, 2023 8:19 am

Be sure to enlist!

Dan
Dan
February 12, 2023 9:43 am

Thanks to people like John McCain, an unknown number of MIA/POWs were abandoned, likely to be killed. Disgusting.

Brawndo
Brawndo
  Dan
February 12, 2023 10:16 am

John McCain, former POW, permanent POS.

Machinist
Machinist
  Brawndo
February 12, 2023 11:45 am

Kissinger

Anonymous
Anonymous
February 12, 2023 10:44 am

I never got to meet my Uncle but he taught me a lot. He never came home.
I have only seen 1 picture of him and yet he is still vivid in my mind.
He believed in something that I never will.
He was lied to and never had a chance to learn the lesson that he taught me.
Government is the real enemy of all people everywhere.
Knowing that one truth has served me well.
If I ever get a chance to meet him, I will give him thanks.
He is in some strange way a hero to me.