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DimensionsSheet: 8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.3 x 26 cm)
Image: 7 1/16 x 8 5/8 in. (17.9 x 21.9 cm)
Accession Number 2024.198
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsANTI-DC-046 $2,000 (verso c,l graphite)
MarksSEP 30 1971 (verso c,r red stamp ink)
Picketing: Relatives of American prisoners of war and those missing in action in Southeast Asia, picket Tuesday in front of the White House. Later, President Nixon made a surprise visit to a banquet of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and missing in Southeast Asia and told them he was pushing to obtain the prisoners' release, September 29, 1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The Kfar Yona prison, visiting day for families of Palestinian prisoners. Prisoners are entitled to one family visit a month, Israel
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marines Get Ready for POW Release: United States Marines string barbed wire near Freedom Gate bridge in Korea to help channelize an estimated 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners of war if they are released as scheduled at 12:01 a.m. January 12. Officers of the United States Eighth Army said they are prepared for “any eventuality” and can handle a disorganized rush southward by the POWs if it materializes. The Neutral Nations Repatriation commission is trying to achieve agreement with the Communists and the United Nations command on what to do with the prison-weary veterans in the Anti-Red camp, January 8, 1954
1954
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Refuse To Talk: Four American prisoners of war (hatless) return to a detention compound in Hanoi after they refused an invitation to be interviewed by members of the Joint Military Commission, March 1973
1973
Image Not Available for Yom Kippur War: the Israeli army made a rapid advance towards the Suez Canal and took hundreds of Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war. Afterwards, they were loaded in trucks and taken to a special camp, Fayed, Egypt, October 24, 1973
Yom Kippur War: the Israeli army made a rapid advance towards the Suez Canal and took hundreds of Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war. Afterwards, they were loaded in trucks and taken to a special camp, Fayed, Egypt, October 24, 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sariwon, Korea: Civilian police guard North Korea Communists captured in the city. The prisoners have their hands tied behind their backs and huddle together for warmth. Just what will become of the prisoners in the event of further withdrawals is not unknown, December 12, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Sanpans laden with prisoners released by the South Vietnamese head for North Vietnamese shore, July 12th, 1970. The former prisoners toss items given to them by the South Vietnamese overboard
Sanpans laden with prisoners released by the South Vietnamese head for North Vietnamese shore, July 12th, 1970. The former prisoners toss items given to them by the South Vietnamese overboard
1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gefangene Musik Hörend (Prisoners Listening to Music)
Käthe Kollwitz
1925
Image Not Available for Fatah prisoners praying towards Mecca, Ramle Prison, Israel
Fatah prisoners praying towards Mecca, Ramle Prison, Israel
1967
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Yom Kippur War: Israeli soldiers and Egyptian prisoners of war, under an Egyptian artillery barrage of shells on the "Hatzer", a bridgehead where the Israeli forces were deploying to cross to the west side of the Suez Canal, Sinai, October 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Face Of The Enemy: A Viet Cong soldier, captured during an ambush of government troops near Cheo Reo, looks apprehensively at his captors as he awaits interrogation, July 1st, 1965. The 18-year-old guerrilla was one of two prisoners taken by government troops. Heavy casualties were inflicted by both sides in the fire fight that followed the ambush
1965
Image Not Available for A Big Welcome: A American POW, left, gets a warm welcome form a member of the prisoner recovery team during the release ceremony for 108 POWs at Hanoi’s Gia Lam airport, Wednesday. The POWs were in Clark Air Base, Philippines, Thursday, waiting their flights home, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 15, 1973
A Big Welcome: A American POW, left, gets a warm welcome form a member of the prisoner recovery team during the release ceremony for 108 POWs at Hanoi’s Gia Lam airport, Wednesday. The POWs were in Clark Air Base, Philippines, Thursday, waiting their flights home, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 15, 1973
1973
Image Not Available for And Queenie Makes Three: Army Specialist Fourth Keith Albert embraces his parents catching his dog, Queenie, in a squeeze play as the former POW was welcomed to his home near Thibodaux, Louisiana Tuesday afternoon. Albert, who had been a prisoner for three years, was greeted by a band and a crowd of 200 after he was released by an Army hospital at San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1973
And Queenie Makes Three: Army Specialist Fourth Keith Albert embraces his parents catching his dog, Queenie, in a squeeze play as the former POW was welcomed to his home near Thibodaux, Louisiana Tuesday afternoon. Albert, who had been a prisoner for three years, was greeted by a band and a crowd of 200 after he was released by an Army hospital at San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1973
1973