Nov 13, 2023 | News, POWs, Vietnam
Sybil Stockdale seated to the left of President Nixon in a 1972 meeting in the Oval Office with the National League of Families. In May 2023, the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted the official celebration of the 50th anniversary of the repatriation of American Prisoners...
Oct 19, 2015 | News, POWs
Though North Vietnam continued to claim that American POWs were treated humanely and according to the international standards agreed upon at the Geneva Convention, the testimonies of ex-POWs themselves tell a very different story. Almost all American veterans of the...
May 25, 2013 | Nixon Legacy Forums, Nixon TV, POWs, Vietnam
May 25, 2013: A Nixon Legacy Forum on the extraordinary experiences and celebratory homecoming of the Vietnam POWs. Participants include Cmdr. Everett Alvarez (USN), 8-year POW; Lt. Col. Tom Hanton (USAF), President of NAM-POWs, 9-Month POW; Capt. Mike McGrath (USN),...
May 24, 2013 | Nixon Library Events, Nixon TV, POWs
[youtube https://youtu.be/-rs6EuHkqt0] May 24, 2013: Vietnam POWs gather to commemorate their return home. 40 years to the date, May 24,1973, President and First Lady Nixon hosted the American heroes for what still is the largest dinner ever held at the White House....
May 24, 2013 | Nixon TV, POWs
[youtube https://youtu.be/G2vwoP6ZFHg] May 2013: Col. Bud Day (USAF-Ret) greets the POWs on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of their homecoming.
May 24, 2013 | Nixon TV, POWs
[youtube https://youtu.be/gUn2eh9ULfI] May 2013: Col. Bud Day (USAF-Ret) talks about Richard Nixon’s efforts to bring the POWs home, and why he asked the 37th President to re-award him with the Medal of Honor.
