McCain POW Release: New Video Release

by Blue Star Beth — published on September 11th, 2008

New film footage of John McCain’s release from the Hanoi Hilton, Vietnamese Prisoner of War Prison has been found and released to the public. See the video here.


McCain POW Release - 1973 Video

A Swedish broadcaster SVT, Erik Eriksson (71-years-old) has reported that he found the above video the the archives of the network he worked for when he was writing about his experiences as a Vietnam War correspondent.

Eriksson had contacted a North Vietnamese photographer to film the release of the U.S. prisoners of war. AP Television News edited the video to focus primarily on John McCain as the Presidential candidate.

The release of these prisoners, American heroes, happened on March 14, 1973.


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  1. Blogs » Vietnamese Blogger Sentenced to 2.5 Years says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 12:12 am

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