Sergeant Richard G. Burgess, a US Marine who was held as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam for over six years, is welcomed by Brigadier General Victor A. Armstrong at Hickem Air Force Base in Honolulu. Burgess is on his way to the Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. (Note: As there is already a detailed caption provided, this response tries to condense the key information into 50 words.)

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