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Page 8; Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962-1975 (B/W)

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- Clark Air Force Base, Philippines. OPERATION HOMECOMING---Captain Laurence V. Friese, a Marine Bombadier navigator, is greeted by Marine Master Sergeant Francisco E. Lociano on the Clark Air Base Flight line. Captain Friese was captured by enemy Viet Cong forces, the 24th of February 1968, when his aircraft went down during a combat mission. Captain Friese, serving with Marine Aircraft Group-11, was released by the enemy 14 March 1973 and hospitalized at this United States...
- ...Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois.

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These captioned, black & white photographs include scenes from combat and evacuation operations; and personalities such as President Ngo Dinh Diem, US presidents Johnson and Nixon, and personalities such as Walter Cronkite, Martha Raye, and Bob Hope. There are views of interactions between Marine Corps personnel and Vietnamese civilians. Also in this series are photos of Operation Homecoming, the return of American Marine prisoners of war to the United States.

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Publication Title:: Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962-1975 (B/W)
Content Source:: NARA
Partner:: NARA
NARA Publication Year:: n.d.
Footnote Publication Year:: 2008
RG:: 127
Footnote Job:: 08-084
Series:: 127-GVB
Language:: English
Short Description:: US Defense Department photographs of activities in Vietnam, 1962-75, including equipment, facilities, officials, soldiers, Vietnamese civilians, among others.
Category:: Miscellaneous
Browse Subject:: Operation Homecoming
Subject Description:: Operation Homecoming (Repatriation of US Marine POWs)
Date Month:: March
Date Day:: [Blank]
Date Year:: 1973
Place:: Clark Air Force Base, Philippines
Photo Id:: A900142
NARA Reference Number:: 127-GVB-280-A900142
Original data from:: The National Archives