The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 officially marked the end of the U.S. military operations in Vietnam. At Christmas of 1972, the Air Force had still engaged in around 2,000 air raids bombing Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam and caused massive damage. In early 1973 in the "Operation Homecoming", 562 U.S.-POWs (Prisoners of War) were released from North Vietnam into the United States. The image shows U.S. soldiers in grey jackets arriving at the airport of Hanoi, North Vietnam, being called out, greeted by an U.S. Officer and brought to planes that would bring them to Clark Air Base o
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5611 x 3707 px | 47.5 x 31.4 cm | 18.7 x 12.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
12 February 1973Photographer:
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The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 officially marked the end of the U.S. military operations in Vietnam. At Christmas of 1972, the Air Force had still engaged in around 2, 000 air raids bombing Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam and caused massive damage. In early 1973 in the "Operation Homecoming", 562 U.S.-POWs (Prisoners of War) were released from North Vietnam into the United States. The image shows U.S. soldiers in grey jackets arriving at the airport of Hanoi, North Vietnam, being called out, greeted by an U.S. Officer and brought to planes that would bring them to Clark Air Base on the Phillippines. Photo: Werner Schulze