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Operation Homecoming was the return of 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) held by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 included provisions for exchanging prisoners of war. The plan to bring American prisoners home was called OPERATION HOMECOMING. Prisoners were to be returned to U.S. control during February and March 1973, with the longest-held generally returning first.
Feb 28, 2023 · As U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War deepened in 1966, officials realized the need to prepare for the eventual repatriation of the accompanying surge of American POWs. What followed was one of the most comprehensive and detailed operations of the war.
Operation Homecoming was a series of diplomatic negotiations that made the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by North Vietnam in 1973. The operation was divided into three phases; the first phase required the initial reception of prisoners at three release sites.
Dec 30, 2015 · Fort Huachuca, Arizona - Throughout the Vietnam War, the Army was concerned with the expeditious return of prisoners-of-war (POWs) and an accounting of those missing-in-action (MIA).
Nov 16, 2009 · The return of U.S. POWs began when North Vietnam released 142 of 591 U.S. prisoners at Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport. Part of what was called Operation Homecoming, the first 20 POWs arrived to a hero...
At its core, Homecoming intended to reduce the amount of time between the liberation of a prisoner of war (POW) from compounds across Southeast Asia, and their return to the mainland United...
