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Joe Hall hostage release ends 14 months of captivity
Carol Elledge, sister of hostage Joe Hall, describes sleepless nights and relief after the 52 hostages, including Hall, were freed by a President Carter announcement at 4:58 a.m. Pacific time. Hall, a 31-year-old Army warrant officer, had been held since an embassy seizure in Tehran during a one-year Tehran assignment from Greece. Family members across Minnesota and Oregon react with mixed emotion as plans move toward reunion.
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Carol Elledge
Joe Hall
Washington State
Carter
Helen McClennan
Cushing
Minn
Elyria
Hall
Patricia Boggs
Joe
Cherlynn
Washington D.C
U.S
Athens
Greece
Army
Defense Intelligence Agency
Tehran