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The treatment and ultimate fate of U.S. prisoners of war in Vietnam became a subject of widespread concern in the United States, and hundreds of thousands of Americans wore POW bracelets with the name and capture date of imprisoned U.S. service members.
On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were signed, officially bringing to an end the American war in Vietnam. One of the prerequisites for and provisions of the accords was the return of all U.S. prisoners of war (POWs). On February 12 the first of 591 U.S. military and civilian POWs were.
- Adrian R. Lewis
Jan 24, 2022 · Horst Faas / AP. To this day, little is known in the West about the fate of the more than 200,000 Vietnamese prisoners of war who fell into the hands of the Americans and their allies. Many...
Learn about the mistreatment and suffering of American POWs in Vietnam, and the media and political controversy that surrounded them. Explore the resources on the POW experience, such as books, TV shows and oral history interviews.
Sep 14, 2017 · Military. The Incredible Story Behind a Haunting Picture of a POW in Vietnam. 6 minute read. Captured U.S. pilot major Dewey Waddell is guarded by a militiawoman with a gun and a bayonet on a...
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- Lily Rothman
During the Vietnam War, American prisoners facetiously called it the Hanoi Hilton. For the first time in 50 years, Certain was about to step inside the notorious compound where he’d been...
The Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database. This version of the Vietnam-era POW/MIA Database has not been updated since December 2019 and will be taken down on December 31, 2021. Its contents have been migrated to a new Library of Congress platform that continues to be updated.
