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Page 19; Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962-1975 (B/W)

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- John F. Kenney International Airport, New York. OPERATION HOMECOMING----Captain Paul Brown, former Marine Prisoner of War, greets the crowd assembled at the John F. Kenney International Airport, New York, to welcome him home after spending nearly five years in captivity in North Vietnam. Captain Brown was captured, July 25, 1968, in North Vietnam while serving as a bombardier navigator with Marine Aircraft Group-13. He entered the Marine Corps in February, 1966.

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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:: John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York
Photo Id:: A900154
NARA Reference Number:: 127-GVB-280-A900154
Original data from:: The National Archives