list of vietnam pows released in 1973

[7] During periods of protracted isolation the tap code facilitated elaborate mental projects to keep the prisoners' sanity. Also, a badly beaten and weakened POW who had been released that summer disclosed to the world press the conditions to which they were being subjected,[14] and the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia heightened awareness of the POWs' plight. [7] Muse wrote: "These movies portray the Land of Nam as a cruel, brutal landscape, littered with mutilated bodies and booby-traps, a place where even the women are rigged with explosives. The ceasefire in North and South Vietnam does not apply to Cambodia and Laos. January 15 All bombing of the DRV (Democratic Republic of Vietnam/North Vietnam) by the United States is halted and would not be resumed. The principal route for supplies to reach Phnom Penh is now the Mekong River from Saigon. Although North Vietnam was a signatory of the Third Geneva Convention of 1949,[9] which demanded "decent and humane treatment" of prisoners of war, severe torture methods were employed, such as waterboarding, strappado (known as "the ropes" to POWs),[10] irons, beatings, and prolonged solitary confinement. We'll send breaking news and news alerts to you as they happen. Film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center, The main character's best friend is drafted to fight in the war, A US motorcycle gang is led by a disturbed veteran, A disturbed Vietnam veteran goes on a sniper shooting spree after killing his wife and mother, Vietnam veterans confront each other over war crime, Four Vietnam veterans embark on a road trip to California and are killed in a Vietnam War-recreated battle with National Guardsmen, An unnamed and psychotic Vietnam War veteran who returns from the Vietnam War sexually assaults and kills random women who stop at the filling station where he works as a gas station attendant, War veteran returns home as a living corpse, A mentally disturbed Vietnam veteran comes to New York City after the war, and gets a job driving taxicabs due to insomnia. Another 32 are to be released by the Viet Cong Friday and the rest are all supposed to be freed by March 28 according to the Vietnam cease-fire. [2] Such portrayals of the "psycho vet", while acknowledging atrocities in Vietnam, most notably blamed the atrocities upon one deranged individual, suggesting that the atrocities, at least by Americans, were aberrations in the war. Invalid password or account does not exist. 0000008456 00000 n A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War. k-d)nP.>""ByKU470e400t00pPBLv>W4cCg"~S=X7007Lnmz{!g{6cfYqYp1c -IxHi00.@$` tD [11] Marchetti wrote that "these narratives allow their American heroes another opportunity to fight the Vietnam war and win this time, by staking a patriarchal blood claim to Vietnam's children. History of the conflict from the First Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon. [20] Marchetti described The Lady From Yesterday as a modern reworking of Madame Butterfly, where a white man has a passionate romance with a Lotus Blossom character, who dies in order to allow him to marry or stay married to a white woman.[21]. WebRead "Trampling the Serpent: Vietnam POW Revealing True Character" by John Fer Colonel USAF-Retired available from Rakuten Kobo. Actor Raphael Sbarge is 59. In 2019, Mexicos most notorious drug lord, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation; a jury, whose members identities were kept secret as a security measure, had deliberated for six days. One helicopter managed to land safely while the other was hit by an SA-7 missile killing all nine onboard including two Hungarian, one Canadian and one Indonesian ICCS observers. On November 21, 1970, U.S. Special Forces launched Operation Ivory Coast in an attempt to rescue 61 POWs believed to be held at the Sn Ty prison camp 23 miles (37km) west of Hanoi. PAVN casualties are not known but the RVNAF claims three T-54 tanks were destroyed during the battle. Two months later, in what became known as the Hanoi March, 52 American prisoners of war were paraded through the streets of Hanoi before thousands of North Vietnamese civilians. Most of the men appeared to be in good physical condition although thin and pale. Examines the impact of televised war reporting, starting with the relatively unrestricted reporting during the Vietnam War. 0000007700 00000 n The main character is a Vietnam War veteran. WebVideo. February 12-April 1 Operation Homecoming: resulting in the release of 591 POWs by the DRV. Vietnam veterans have trouble adjusting to civilian life, Daughter of deceased Vietnam vet explores her father's past through her uncle, also a vet, Vietnam veterans reunite to depose a Colombian dictator. Two Baltimore police detectives were convicted of robbery, racketeering and conspiracy at a trial that was part of a federal probe of corruption among rogue members of the citys police force. 0000003310 00000 n . October 30-December 10 In the Battle of Quang Duc, PAVN forces attempt to expand their logistical network from Cambodia into South Vietnam but are eventually force back by the ARVN. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is 58. 1973. forces. Source. The Alcatraz Gang was a group of eleven POWs who were held separately because of their particular resistance to their captors. Alamo Bay is a 1985 drama film about a Vietnam veteran who clashes with Vietnamese immigrants who move to his fictitious Texas bay hometown. The story follows the efforts of Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman and many veterans to see the Medal of Honor awarded to William H. Pitsenbarger, a United States Air Force Pararescueman who flew in helicopter rescue missions during the Vietnam War to aid downed soldiers and pilots. In Japan, officials confirmed 39 new cases on a cruise ship that had been quarantined at Yokohama, bringing the total number of cases on the Diamond Princess to 174. After President Lyndon Johnson initiated a bombing pause in 1968, the number of new captures dropped significantly, only to pick up again after his successor, President Richard Nixon, resumed bombing in 1969. "[14] Only a small number of exceptionally resilient prisoners, such as John A. Dramesi, survived captivity without ever cooperating with the enemy; others who refused to cooperate under any circumstances, such as Edwin Atterbury, were tortured to death. e. Political prisoners in the United States are people whose detention in the United States is based substantially on political motives. Authorities at Clark had no immediate comment on his status. January 17 Thieu responds to Nixons letter, objecting to the draft peace agreement, most importantly the fact that the withdrawal of all DRV forces from South Vietnam was not required. These details are revealed in accounts by McCain (Faith of My Fathers), Denton, Alvarez, Day, Risner, Stockdale and dozens of others. [6] Muse noted that the connection made in the film between masculinity and militarism as Rambo's efficiency as a soldier marks him out as an especially noble example of American masculinity who flourishes in the "hell" that is Vietnam.[10]. Anti-war sentiments within the US armed forces. Want to see more historic Examiner pages? The 108 were flown from Hanoi to Clark Air Base in the Philippines in three planeloads. Liked it? WebThe first US prisoners of war released on February 12, 1973 by the North Vietnamese. [19] Through the film strongly suggests that Craig might actually be happier with Lien rather than with Janet, in the end, Lien conveniently dies, allowing Craig to go back to his white wife who adopts Craig's son by Lien. A down on his luck, former Green Beret captain, freshly discharged from the Vietnam War, drifts into Drury, Kansas. 0000006151 00000 n A new recruit's service in a platoon of soldiers patrolling the Cambodian border, An inexperienced officer learns the ropes of fighting in Vietnam. Follows twenty-eight members of the Catholic Left who were arrested in 1971 for attempting to break into and vandalize a draft board. South Vietnamese armed forces totaled 1.1 million. January 31 Reports from American military advisers in the countryside of South Vietnam report ceasefire or no, operations are continuing much as before and with the support of daily air strikes and heavy artillery barrages they [the South Vietnamese military forces] have finally begun to roll the VC back and more Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) tactical air strikes were flown in Lam Dong in the three days after the ceasefire than had been flown in the previous six months., February 1 Nixon sends a secret letter (not declassified by the State Department until May 19, 1977) to DRV Premier Phm Vn ng promising over $4 billion in reconstruction aid to North Vietnam- a promise that is never fulfilled. January 22 Former President Johnson dies in Texas at age 64. After the implementation of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, neither the United States nor its allies ever formally charged North Vietnam with the war crimes revealed to have been committed there. Create a password that only you will remember. April 17 US Navy suspends Operation End Sweep, claiming DRV violations of peace accords. WebIt's back! Starting in February, 591 Americans (including John McCain) being held by the DRV (North Vietnamese), Pathet Lao or NLF are released during Operation Homecoming. Air Force officials said Mrs. Stafford chose to greet her husband privately in the base hospital rather than greet him on the flight line. President Thiu, threatened by Nixon with a total cut-off of American aid to South Vietnam, unwillingly accepts the peace agreement, which still allows DRV troops to remain in South Vietnam. 3 surfer friends face the draft in 1965, one serves in Vietnam and they reunite in the early 1970s, Vietnam veteran stumbles on a movie set and takes a job as a stunt man to hide out from police. Presidents since then have found many ways around this resolution. [9] Through Rambo is set in 1985, the film's message is that the Vietnam war was a war that the United States could, should and would had won had it not been for the "stab-in-the-back" by American leftists. January 28 The DRV (North Vietnam) celebrates the signing of the Paris Peace Accords: The Vietnamese revolution has achieved several important gains, but the struggle of our people must continue to consolidate those victories [to] build a peaceful, unified, independent, democratic, and strong Vietnam. The U.S. media praise Nixon and Kissinger for their achievement of peace with honor.. American pilots continued to be captured over the north between 1965 and 1968 as part of Operation Rolling Thunder, the sustained aerial bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The bomb is dropped attacking Khmer Rouge forces just north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The film deals with the Vietnam War and the resulting social tensions between those who support and oppose the war in small-town America. January 3 In Beijing, Chinese leader Zhou Enlai tells the DRVs (Democratic Republic of Vietnam/North Vietnam) peace negotiator, L c Th, that the U.S. effort to exert pressure through bombing has failed. He advises L c Th to be flexible in peace negotiations with the Americans and to let them leave as quickly as possible and wait for the situation to change. 0000000016 00000 n Follows US troops of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, of the 1st Cavalry Division. Actor-talk show host Arsenio Hall is 67. 0000001498 00000 n The last American, Dwight Elliot Stone, to be inducted in the U.S. armed forces as a draftee begins his military service. An official publication of the DRV sums up the peace agreement. Robert Shumaker of La Jolla, a former POW, holds his son, Grant, 8, with one arm while reaching for his wife, Lorraine, at the familys reunion at Miramar Naval Air Station. January 9 Remaining differences are resolved between Kissinger and L c Th. Rock musician Steve Hackett is 73. Links between former German Nazis and anti-Nazis and the Vietnam war. The withdrawal had been suspended since Sunday because of disputes over the POW release. Go to www.newspapers.com. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. She was attending a White House reception for foreign diplomat wives when President Nixon made a surprise appearance. [We realize], over time, that we all fall short of what we aspire to be. March 19 An Air Vietnam DC-4 on a flight from Saigon to Bun Ma Thut crashes 6.5km south of Bun Ma Thut killing all 58 onboard after a bomb exploded in the cargo hold. Upwards of 20,000 PAVN troops cross the DMZ, forcing the South Vietnamese units into a retreat. Leo T. Profillit, 44, of Palo Alto, Calif., the first man off the plane. In addition to memoirs, the U.S. POW experience in Vietnam was the subject of two in-depth accounts by authors and historians, John G. Hubbell's P.O.W. Muse noted that both stories in Full Metal Jacket that made up Joker's quest were full of repulsive elements and imagery, but argued the film justifies the brutality of these stories. Today in History: Feb 12, Vietnam POWs released. His daughter, Kitty (Suzanne Pleshette), a young female pilot wants to be in the Unlimited class at the air races but her male friends stymie her ambitions. About the anti-Vietnam war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area. Actor Zach Grenier is 69. [11][14], During one such event in 1966, then-Commander Jeremiah Denton, a captured Navy pilot, was forced to appear at a televised press conference, where he famously blinked the word "T-O-R-T-U-R-E" with his eyes in Morse code, confirming to U.S. intelligence that U.S. prisoners were being harshly treated. American POWs in North Vietnam were released in early 1973 as part of Operation Homecoming, the result of diplomatic negotiations concluding U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. Among the men released today was Bobby Joe Keesee, a mysterious civilian who at one time reportedly flew a stolen airplane to Cuba. [2] The character of Nick Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter, a once promising young man who as a result of his war experiences is reduced down to obsessively and hopelessly playing Russian roulette for the amusement of sadistic Vietnamese gamblers in Saigon despite the manifest dangers to himself is one of the best known examples of the "wounded vet" stereotype. That is all we need to know and it's all we know today.". Actor Christine Elise is 58. January 20 Over 100,000 antiwar demonstrators gather at the Lincoln Memorial during President Richard Nixons second Inauguration, for a March Against Death, including a March against Racism & the War contingent, protesting renewed U.S. bombing in Vietnam. [37] Tran Trong Duyet, a jailer at Hoa Lo beginning in 1968 and its commandant for the last three years of the war, maintained in 2008 that no prisoners were tortured. WebIn Paris on January 27, 1973, American and Vietnamese representatives signed agreements for the cessation of hostilities and the repatriation of war prisoners. "I'm thrilled and thank you very much," she told the President, her eyes brimming with tears. 9iJGYbHg>T>Ic(GdYoi*VT[^lEH\2#/fK.ggv4 Gd Actor Christina Ricci is 43. Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. Ontrak Health CEO indicted for alleged insider trading. $g%f+b3I&!df-k)!ASFaGM.oUaLDvKF4LzXx_M;@}} I XeHZVWb^_uE0I#XI26jjDyUfC|yJvt8.i$YiDh]>mV`Xl/cM- R]I"T( \# March 29 The last US troops are withdrawn from Vietnam and the MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam) is deactivated. January 27-February 16 The PAVN 141st Regiment captures Sa Hunh Base in southern Qung Ngi Province. Dubbed Operation 352 0 obj <> endobj [1] These American post-war film representations have generally been more realistic and gritty, such as The Deer Hunter (1978) and Apocalypse Now (1979). The return of U.S. POWs began Jq1M:}b[,io{hS5IS Former CIA assassin battles duplicitous US government official. [15], In the end, North Vietnamese torture was sufficiently brutal and prolonged that nearly every American POW so subjected made a statement of some kind at some time. Shot down upon his return, Thao Ma is hauled from his airplanes wreckage and executed. The last American soldier to die in combat in Vietnam, Lt. Col. William B. Nolde, is killed. 0000001054 00000 n Judith, an Australian photojournalist (Greta Scacchi), leaves her family to cover the story of Vietnamese boat people in a Malaysian refugee camp. We won't share it with anyone else. [11] Such POW statements would be viewed as a propaganda victory in the battle to sway world and U.S. domestic opinion against the U.S. war effort. The first fighter pilot captured in North Vietnam was Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) Everett Alvarez, Jr., who was shot down on August 5, 1964, in the aftermath of the Gulf of Tonkin incident.[3]. The principal issue concerns violations of the in-place cease fire called for in the accords. Four soldiers awaiting deployment to Vietnam, Stranded Soviet sailors witness American war brutality. After a few years in hibernation, the museum exhibit Jamie Howren and I created 20 years ago is coming back to Coronado. In 1973, Operation Homecoming began as the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam War took place. A South Vietnamese pilot is also killed in the attack and another four Americans were wounded. The two men discuss the implementation of the U.S. aid program for Vietnam and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and North Vietnam. This article lists notable films related to the Vietnam War. endstream endobj 359 0 obj <>stream WebOne of the twenty eight American POWs released by the Viet Cong on February 12, 1973. endstream endobj 370 0 obj <>/Size 352/Type/XRef>>stream [12] Marchetti wrote the domestic dramas dealing with the war's aftermath often used the story of the "boat people", the mainly ethnic Chinese refugees who fled Vietnam following the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese war, which led to a violent anti-Chinese mood in Vietnam, as a way of proving the justice of the Vietnam war. U.S. Congressional opposition to the Vietnam War forces the U.S. to cease bombing communist forces in Cambodia in August and in November Congress adopts the War Powers Resolution supposedly limiting the U.S. Presidents authority to wage war. The increased human contact further improved morale and facilitated greater military cohesion among the POWs. The American scholar Gina Marchetti noted a tendency for American films and television when dealing with the Bi i children to "annihilate the mothers". Two dogs rescued after falling through ice on Colorado lake. <<078F8AADBF47E5449C3AB79217FC789E>]>> There are 328 days left in the year. HlSMo0WH+#=l@0J$IMYHZ'+Xov O*.hM '*q|%R|TdpGG;%G=:4||9k=SLTB.1qa@OZ}c2+;Z|Q.+]r*nPF#G=taAK7DSDZUJLU+A=+-V8Jh5VR[r%I^MQ`LH{ylf#E9"SNT {Ztac tCK+j(;fN/,!n*]EiLMQC]kuzT#C;#v=tLkl!8't[*Y-\:_@+Rj1&;[gBVi. A Vietnamese farmer is supporting two families after the end of the war - one in the north, which he abandoned after fleeing during the war, and his new family in the south. January 5 Canadas Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp, deplores the Christmas bombing. The Full Disclosure campaign is a Veterans For Peace effort to speak truth to power and keep alive the antiwar perspective on the American war in Viet Nam which is being commemorated during this decade with a series of 50th anniversary events. They were first class citizens.". July 1 Congress bans any funds for combat in Southeast Asia after August 15. April 26 Trial of Russo and Ellsberg: the break-in of Fieldings office was revealed to Judge Byrne in a memo; Byrne ordered it to be shared with the defense. South Vietnamese forces establish forward posts in revolutionary-controlled areas to bolster their claim to the surrounding land. For the full text of the letter, see https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/20/archives/texts-of-announcement-by-state-department-and-two-nixon-letters.html, The U.S. and the DRV begin implementing the secret portions of the Paris Peace Accords. March 1 (UPI) -- The Crew-6 Mission to the International Space Station is scheduled lift off early Thursday after a three-day delay. Dogfight shows the last night of several marines in, Story of two South Koreans who served in Vietnam, Based on the experiences of Vietnamese civilian, In the waning days of the war, a group of Marines are sent to rescue US POWs, Green Berets bribe Vietnamese villagers with an elephant, Two Puerto Rican soldiers in action and their family back home, US recruits go through basic training before going to Vietnam. Open Doors: Vietnam POWs On March 26, 1964, the first U.S. service member imprisoned during the Vietnam War was captured near Qung Tr, South Vietnam when an L-19/O-1 Bird Dog observation plane flown by Captain Richard L. Whitesides and Captain Floyd James Thompson was brought down by small arms fire. 1973 February 12 Release of U.S. POWs begins The release of U.S. POWs begins in Hanoi as part of the Paris peace settlement. July 17 Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger testifies before the Armed Forces Committee that 3500 bombing raids were carried out against Cambodia in 1969 and 1970. For the first time, the US places mines in Haiphong Harbor to cut off the North Vietnamese from foreign support. Its themes include the immigrant experience, learning English, dealing with prejudice, sharing secrets, opening to other cultures, and creatively handling conflict in friendships. [1], There were several broad stereotypes about American Vietnam veterans. It does not contain specific charges; but is made in response to Nixons clandestine authorization of the bombing of Cambodia, as well as his actions relative to the growing Watergate scandal. Rapper Gucci Mane is 43. [9] The American historian John Hellman noted that such revenge fantasies were an American version of the Dolchstolegende (the "stab-in-the-back legend" that Germany actually won World War One, but was "stabbed in the back" in 1918), minus the anti-Semitism of the original Dolchstolegende. U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. Erotic romance film written and directed by Kim Dae-woo, about a couple having a passionate affair in a military camp under tight surveillance in 1969. Based on letters from US soldiers serving in Vietnam. Prominent US political June 25 Nixon aide John Dean testifies to Nixons role in the Watergate coverup. However, Phnom Penh remains encircled by the Khmer Rouge. Although its explosions lit the night sky and shook the walls of the camp, scaring some of the newer POWs,[30] most saw it as a forceful measure to compel North Vietnam to finally come to terms. This created the "Camp Unity" communal living area at Ha L. The North Vietnamese guards warned reporters and prisoners not to speak to each other, but it was largely ignored. North Vietnams treatment of American airmen shot down and captured over North Vietnam was a subject of controversy and concern throughout the Vietnam War. Food and water supplies are low, their engine breaks, and the threat of rape and death at the hands of South-sea pirates is real. xb```b``ib`W@ ( See entry for December 18-29, 1972. Hong Kong mobsters travel to Vietnam during the war to smuggle illegal goods. February 21 In Laos the government and the Communist-led Pathet sign a cease fire agreement the Vientiane Treaty.. By the end of April most fighting will have ceased. 0 The rest were mostly pilots shot down in 1967 and 1968. July 13 White House Deputy Assistant Alexander Butterfield discloses the existence of White House tapes that implicate Nixon in the Watergate scandal. The USS DONALD COOK (DDG-75) was named in his honor. Of the 13 prisons used to incarcerate POWs, five were located in Hanoi, and the remainder were situated outside the city. Later that day protesters line his Inaugural route on Pennsylvania Avenue holding signs, shouting antiwar slogans and tossing objects at his passing limousine as they had four years previously. The campaign was by far the largest and most comprehensive of the war, using a wide variety of aircraft as well as new smart bombs. 7 Theatrical films about the Today is Sunday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2023. Actor Jennifer Stone is 30. : A Definitive History of the American Prisoner-of-War Experience in Vietnam, 19641973 (published 1976) and Stuart Rochester and Frederick Kiley's Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 19611973 (published 1999). A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town. On February 12, 1973, the first of 591 U.S. prisoners began to be repatriated, and return flights continued until late March. April 30 The Watergate scandal results in the resignation of top Nixon aides H.R. [19] As another POW later said, "To this day I get angry with myself. Nixon responds to Thius objections to the draft peace agreement. March 14, 1973 Hanoi releases 108 American POWs By United Press International CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines -- A gaunt but cheerful 108 American In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP, was founded. March 30-July 1972The PAVN (Peoples Army of Viet Nam) and the NLF begin a major offensive. The film is fictionally based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by detective Richie Roberts. A story of a Vietnam War veteran who is confronted by two other members of his platoon. The U.S. and North Vietnam also pledge to withdraw their military forces from Laos and Cambodia and cease military operations there. [22], Despite several escape attempts, no U.S. POW successfully escaped from a North Vietnamese prison, although James N. Rowe successfully escaped from North Vietnamese captivity. The extent of Nixons secret bombing campaign angers many in Congress and results in the first call for Nixons impeachment. In 2000, Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, died in Santa Rosa at age 77. American POWs are released. [14][24] At this time, the prisoners formally organized themselves under the 4th Allied POW Wing, whose name acknowledged earlier periods of overseas captivity among American military personnel in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. [4] Chris is a nave and innocent young man who joins the Army in 1967 out of a sense of patrotism. While Interviews with Americans and Vietnamese. The Hanoi Hilton was depicted in the 1987 Hollywood movie The Hanoi Hilton. March 1 (UPI) -- During a visit to Uzbekistan on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration saw "zero evidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin was prepared for serious peace talks. VIETNAM FULL DISCLOSURE / VETERANS FOR PEACE Towards an honest commemoration of the American War in Vietnam, All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [17] Under these extreme conditions, many prisoners' aim became merely to absorb as much torture as they could before giving in. The POWs made extensive use of a tap code to communicate, which was introduced in June 1965 by four POWs held in the Ha L: Captain Carlyle "Smitty" Harris, Lieutenant Phillip Butler, Lieutenant Robert Peel and Lieutenant Commander Robert Shumaker. In 1973, when the POWs were released, roughly 2,500 servicemen were designated missing in action (MIA). Actor Maud Adams is 78. Fifty-six commandos landed by helicopter and assaulted the prison, but the prisoners had been moved some months earlier and none were rescued. The goal of Easter Offensive, officially known asThe 1972 Spring Summer Offensive, (also called the Nguyen Hue (Nguyn Hu) offensive) was to win a decisive victory in 1972 or at least improve the revolutionary position for future peace talks. Among those to be released by the Viet Cong Friday were Army Maj. Floyd J. Thompson, an American advisor who was the longest held prisoner of war, and Marine Pfc. Error! Past Daily: News, History, Music And An Enormous Sound Archive. "[18], After making statements, the POWs would admit to each other what had happened, lest shame or guilt consume them or make them more vulnerable to additional North Vietnamese pressure. The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Koreas latest nuclear test. January 21 South Vietnamese President Thiu notifies the U.S. government that he will sign the Peace Accords on behalf of South Vietnam. October 30 The House of Representatives begins an impeachment process against Richard Nixon following the Saturday Night Massacre in which Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; Richardson refuses and resigns effective immediately. The movie involves Ellie, a 12-year-old immigrant girl from Israel, and her family after moving into the United States in 1982. Follows four aging Vietnam War veterans who return to the country in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader. 0000007434 00000 n The first alternative and the implementation of the Paris Peace Accords are preferred to protect areas in South Vietnam controlled by liberation forces and to forestall the return of the U.S. to active participation in the war. March 1 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers said a young seal was returned to the wild one day after it exited the water and walked across a busy New Jersey road. 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