US Marine Sergeant Ronald L. Ridgeway receives a warm welcome from a nurse at the MAC Terminal in Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, during Operation Homecoming on March 19, 1973. Ridgeway, originally reported dead, was listed as a repatriated prisoner of war. The photo was taken by Sgt. Dotson.

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