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DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (17.1 x 21.9 cm)
Accession Number 2024.297
Classificationsphotograph
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
New Member of the Family: Air Force Major Norman A. Daniel, a former POW, meets the newest member of his family “Bootsie” after his return home in Greensboro, North Carolina, March 14, 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
GI’s Take Koje Today: Businesslike GI’s, well-armed for their day’s work, march along a road on Koje Island with a large North Korean flag which they had just taken from prisoner-of-war compound 85. The enemy banner is one of the many symbols of defiance ordered removed the troublesome prisoner enclosures on the South Korean island, site of the largest Allied prisoner concentration, June 9, 1952
1952
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
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
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Protest at the White House: Demonstrators from various anti-Vietnam war groups who are in the capital carry signs, some protesting the probe of their activities by the White House Un-American Activities Committee, as they march along Pennsylvania Avenue today before the White House. Some members of the group earlier in the day were ejected forcibly from a meeting of the committee in Washington DC, August 16, 1966
William J. Smith
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Putting the Commission in Business: President Johnson today signs an executive order spelling out the authority of his special Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Flanking him are Governor Otto Kerner, left, of Illinois, the chairman of the group, and Mayor John Lindsay of New York, vice chairman. Behind are some of the commission members. From left: Representative William McCulloch, Republican-Ohio; Senator Fred Harris, Democrat-Oklahoma; Vice President Humphrey; Katherine Graham Peden, Kentucky commerce commissioner; Police Chief Herbert Jenkins of Atlanta, Georgia; and Senator Edward Brooke, Republican-Massachusetts, July 29, 1967
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1967
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Negro Leaders Testify: Grant Reynolds (left), New York State Commissioners of Correction, and A. Philip Randolph, head of the sleeping car porters' union, testify today before the senate Armed Services Committee. Randolph said millions of Negroes will refuse to register or serve under draft and military training unless racial segregation and discrimination are ended. Reynolds said he would follow any program proposed by Randolph, Washington DC, March 31, 1948
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1948
Image Not Available for Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
U.S. Army Lt. James Gleason, a bandage over a head wound, talks to fellow soldiers after surviving a heavy Viet Cong ambush near Cheo Reo in the central highlands of Vietnam. Gleason and other Americans were advising a Vietnamese force which was to evacuate a small town near Cheo Reo when the guerrillas attacked the motorized convoy. Four Americans and about 50 Vietnamese soldiers were killed in the attack, June 30, 1965
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On The Way Out: One of several persons ejected from the hearing room is carried bodily by officers today as the probe of anti-Vietnam war activities by the House-Un-American Activities Committee erupted with turmoil as loud challenges were shouted at the members of the committee. At least eight persons were carried or dragged from the room, Washington DC, August 16, 1966
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Stars Will March in the planned August 28th Civil Rights Demonstration in Washington: Movie and TV stars sat down to talk over their parts in the march after about 60 performers pledged to take part in the demonstration. They include Judy Garland (second from left), Eartha Kitt (dark glasses), Marlon Brando (second from right) and James Garner (right), August 6, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963