On Friday, the Air Force held a ceremony to commemorate the air operation that sent C-141 transport planes onto North Vietnam runways to fetch the men home.
Even as the transport planes landed on the North Vietnam runways to retrieve their human cargo, the sensation of going home still seemed unreal men who'd spent years in hostile prison camps. Veteran David Allwine spent two years in a camp nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton, before his liberation.
During Friday's ceremony, the air base renamed its terminal after Operation Homecoming. Air Force personnel also placed a plaque on the runway commemorating the spot where the men de-planed 50 years ago. "We were very special, treated very well," Marshall said."Whereas they were spat upon and called 'baby killers.' It was a very stark contrast."
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