Vietnam POWs to be honored 50 years after Nixon celebrated them with historic banquet

Vietnam POWs to be honored 50 years after Nixon celebrated them with historic banquet

It was — and still is — the biggest banquet in White House history.  In a tent on the South Lawn on May 24 in 1973, 1,600 people gathered to honor 591 prisoners of war who had finally been released from Vietnam. On Wednesday dozens of the survivors of the 591 will be honored again … Read more