Dependent little girls of Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, wait at Miramar Naval Air Station on March 31, 1973, for the arrival of repatriated Marine prisoners of war. During the Vietnam War, 26 Marines were captured by the Viet Cong, with the first group being released on February 12, 1973, at Gia Lam International Airport in North Vietnam.

---

Size: 3312px × 2088px
Photo credit: © piemags/NBV / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: .., 19, 31, 127, 1973, a900070, air, airport, base, california, camp, ce, conflict, cong, corps, defense, department, dependents, ecc, enemy, gia, girls, gvb-286, hanoi, homecoming, international, lam, march, marine, marines, miramar, naval, north, operation, pendleton, pows, prisoners, repatriation, stant, station, viet, vietnam, vietnamese, viva, war