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OPERATION HOMECOMING – FEB-APR 1973



Newly freed prisoners of war celebrate as their C-141A aircraft lifts off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973, during Operation Homecoming. The mission included 54 C-141 flights between Feb. 12 and April 4, 1973, returning 591 POWs to American soil.








Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

20 posted on 02/17/2013 6:28:31 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

“Homecoming!!”...Great picture, Mac.

God Bless them all for their service to our country.


26 posted on 02/17/2013 7:39:39 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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