Stock Photo - The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 officially marked the end of the U.S. military operations in Vietnam. At Christmas of 1972, the Air Force had still engaged in around 2,000 air raids bombing Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam and caused massive damage. In early 1973 in the ""Operation Homecoming"", 562 U.S.-POWs (Prisoners of War) were released from North Vietnam into the United States. The image shows 116 pilots and soldiers of the US army, who had been captured by the North Vietnamese People's Army during Vietnam War and were turned over to the United States of America in Hanoi on the 12th of February in 1973. US military in grey jackets are called out by name in the presence of international observers, are welcomed by an U.S. Officer and walk to the planes that would bring them to Clark Air Base on the Philippines. Photo: Werner Schulze. - Hanoi/Vietnam