Vietnam War Picture: Wives of Marines Waiting for Repatriated Marine P.O.W.s to Arrive

Camp Pendleton, California. Operation Homecoming--Wives of Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, wait at the Naval Air Station, Miramar for repatriated Marine prisoners of war to arrive. During the Vietnamese conflict, 26 Marines were captured and held prisoners of war by the enemy. The first group was released at the Gia Lam International Airport near Hanoi, North Vietnam, on February 12, 1973. (February 12, 1973)