Return with Honor: The American POW Experience in Vietnam

Podcast: The Naval Aviation Ready Room Podcast with Legends and Leaders · The Naval Aviation Museum

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

On February 12, 1973, Operation Homecoming began as C-141 Starlifters touched down at Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi to bring home 591 American prisoners of war. For years, these men had endured unimaginable torture, solitary confinement, starvation, and psychological warfare inside brutal prison camps like Hoalo known to the men as the "Hanoi Hilton". Host Captain Tim "Lucky" Kinsella uncovers the extraordinary resilience of these American aviators. Through the firsthand account of former POW Guy Gruters, learn about the unbelievable 45-day crawl of Lance Sijan across jagged jungle terrain with a fractured skull, compound leg fracture, and no food or...