Similar
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter
A view of the aircraft hangar during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR'87. The US Central Command exercise represents a Joint Chiefs of STAFF effort to evaluate procedures used to deploy US tactical and logistical forces and provides US for
71 Squadron RAAF Los Negros (AWM image P02874-141)
Barracks at the old section of Stutthof concentration camp
Drahtseilbahn Rybakbahn (BildID 15719539)
Aviation personnel take a break in a rest area during disaster relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo
Asuncion - Marine Security Guard Residence - 1976
U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan, Store House, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Harry L. Ryther, looking northwesterly, Ware (formerly Enfield), Mass., Apr. 11, 1947 : Parcel no. 229-15
Related
Distant view of prison camp - Stevens Coolidge travel collection
A view overlooking Richmond Hill Prison
Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, "Hanoi Hilton" camp of detention for U.S. prisoners captured in Vietnam - untitled (tropical foliage/birds) Artist: LT David Jay Carey
Soldiers in front of "The Junction", tent
Glenisson van Genechten - Gezigt van eene legerplaats / Vue d'un camp
Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, "Hanoi Hilton" camp of detention for U.S. prisoners captured in Vietnam - untitled (landscape) Artist: LT David Jay Carey
Tug of war (atheltic contest). Camp Upton. L.I., N.Y.
Military chaplains in outer courtyard (standing)
Campagne du Tonkin Jonque de guerre capturee a Haiphong
Exterior view of the prisoner of war camp ("Hanoi Hilton")
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Hanoi
Country: Viet Nam (VNM)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
On January 27, 1973, the United States agreed to a ceasefire with North Vietnam allowing withdrawal of American military forces from South Vietnam. The agreement also included the release of about 600 American prisoners of war. On Feb. 12, 1973, three C-141 flew to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and one C-9A aircraft was sent to Saigon, South Vietnam to pick up released prisoners of war. The first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war left Hanoi in a C-141A, later known as the "Hanoi Taxi". From February 12 to April 4, there were 54 C-141 missions flying out of Hanoi, bringing the former POWs home, the total number of returned was 591. The return of the nearly 600 POWs increased the polarization of the public and media. A majority of the POWs returned in Operation Homecoming were bomber pilots shot down while carrying out the campaign waged against civilian targets located in Vietnam and Laos. Many viewed the freed POWs as heroes, while others questioned if treating these men as heroes served to distort and obscure the truth about the war. Some felt these men deserved to be treated as war criminals or left in the North Vietnamese prison camps. Many worried that Homecoming hid the fact that people were still fighting and dying on the battlefields of Vietnam and caused the public to forget about the over 50,000 American lives the war had already cost. Veterans of the war had similar thoughts concerning Operation Homecoming with many stating that the ceasefire and returning of prisoners brought zero sense of an ending or closure. Operation Homecoming has been largely forgotten by the American public.
- Travel Report: Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi.
- The Mission Leads the Way | Proceedings - U.S. Naval Institute
- The Atrocious Things That Went Down at the Hanoi Hilton - Ranker
- The Hanoi Hilton - Grit TV
- This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while in Hanoi ...
- Charlotte Talks: Vietnam POW Reflects On Captivity - WFAE
- 291 Hanoi Prison Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures - Getty Images
- 291 Hanoi Prison Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures - Getty Images
- This Vietnam War Prison Was Dubbed 'Hanoi Hilton' By ... - SOFREP
- The infamous Hỏa Lò Prison: Jokingly dubbed “Hanoi Hilton”