March 1973: Returnees from Operation Homecoming depart the bus at Hanoi's Gia Lam International Airport. They line up prior to their release to United States custody, marking the repatriation of 27 POWs on that day. Marine Sergeant Dennis A. Tellier and Marine Sergeant Jose J. Anzaldua are among the released prisoners. This photograph is a Department of Defense image.

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