U.S. prisoners of war

Operation Homecoming begins returning U.S. prisoners of war

📅 12 February 1973

The first group of U.S. prisoners of war was released and flown from Hanoi under the Paris agreement. The operation brought home 591 U.S. prisoners over several weeks; Vietnamese prisoners and missing...

First group of U.S. prisoners of war returns home

📅 12 February 1973

Operation Homecoming began with the release of U.S. prisoners from North Vietnam. The National Archives records 591 American prisoners released under the agreement, while Vietnamese detainees and...