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Liberation standoff ends as 27 POWs reach Saigon
Dawn at Loc Ninh saw Brig Gen Stan McClellan lead a tense exchange with Viet Cong officers over releasing 27 American POWs. The delay stemmed from Saigon prisoner exchanges and Viet Cong assurances for their own captured militants. After hours, two Viet Cong plane loads arrived, and the POWs boarded the waiting helicopters. one fainted POW recovered, and all reached Tan Son Nhut with one litter case.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh
Stan McClellan
McClellan
Joint Military Commission
U.S
Viet Tong Etissaries
Gilbert Woodward
Tanling
Gen. McClethan
Bien Hoa
Tan Son Nhut