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Page 16; Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962-1975 (B/W)

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- Fleet Marine Force Pacific, (FMFPac), Hawaii. Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) R. K. Dotson. POW's RETURN--Lieutenant Colonel Chapman, who had been a prisoner for more than seven years, arrived in Hawaii at 8 a.m. on the flight from Clark Air Base in the Philippines along with 19 former prisoners from the other three branches of the Armed Services. After a rest period of an hour and a half in the lounge of the Marine Air Command (MAC) terminal at Hickam, the former prisoners and their escorts continued...
- ...on their journey to Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco, California.

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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:: [Blank]
Date Day:: [Blank]
Date Year:: [Blank]
Place:: Hawaii
Photo Id:: A026896A
NARA Reference Number:: 127-GVB-280-A026896A
Original data from:: The National Archives