Repatriated US Marine POW, Sgt. Robert R. Helle, is greeted by well-wishers in the lobby of the United States Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Illinois. After being reported missing in action in 1968, he was held as a prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese. This photo captures a moment during the Operation Homecoming, where 26 Marines were released in Hanoi.

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