Operation Homecoming
1973 return of American POWs from North Vietnam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the book and documentary about American service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2000s, see Operation Homecoming (book) and Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience.
Operation Homecoming was the return of 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) held by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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US Army Captain John William Parsels at Gia Lam Airport, repatriated during Operation Homecoming | |||||||
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