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Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney greets former prisoners of war upon their return to the United States. The POWs were held captive by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

Former U.S. prisoner of war Army SPC. Melissa Rathbun-Nealy is greeted by her fiance after being released by the Iraqi government during Operation Desert Storm.

U.S. Air Force CAPT. William F. Andrews sits beside his son while listening to a speech by Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney welcoming him and other former prisoners of war home to the United States. Andrews was one of a number of POWs held captive by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney speaks during a ceremony welcoming former prisoners of war who were held captive by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. COL. David Eberly, senior POW, stands in the background, at right.

US Navy (USN) Utilitiesmen Second Class (UT2) Chuck Richard, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7, Gulfport, Mississippi (MS), repairs piping underneath a sink in an An Nasiriyah orphanage, while a group of Iraqi women gather for causal conversation during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Alyssa Wells, Supervisor Guard, 186th Military Police Company (MPC), watches from the roof as women come out to the court yard in the Rusafa Prison Complex, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

STAFF SGT. Cythia Roberts, right, of the 1365th Audiovisual Squadron photographs a demonstration held outside the main gate by Rev. R.N. Otwell, a local minister, and his followers, who believe that women should not be allowed to serve in the military. The protestors particularly object to the role of women in Operation Desert Shield

A VC-137 Stratoliner aircraft stands on the flight line after transporting Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney and GEN. Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, to the region for a conference regarding U.S. military intervention against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.

SPEC. Melissa Rathbun-Nealy, the first female to be taken as a prisoner of war during Operation Desert Storm, receives a rose from a medical technician aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft..Rathburn-Nealy, five other American former POWs, and an Italian POW were released from captivity on March 4 and are scheduled for medical examination and treatment aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19)

SPEC. Melissa Rathbun-Nealy, the first female to be taken as a prisoner of war by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm, holds her mother's hand as she listens to a speech by Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney upon her return to the United States along with other former POWs.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Andrews Air Force Base

State: Maryland(MD)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Mark Allen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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During a candlelight vigil, the US Air Force (USAF) 39th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) members and the Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) Chapter 1660, raise the Prisoner Of War/Missing In Action (POW/MIA) flag, at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Melissa Bateman, 321st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), is joyfully reunited with her husband, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tom Bateman, sons Zach and Josh, and daughter Courtney, as she returns home at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), following a deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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LCOL Daniel James Doughty (Captured 2 Apr 67) at the microphones talks to people who came out to greet the returning POWs on their nighttime arrival at Scott. LCOL Doughty was released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 12 Feb 73

A U.S. Army officer speaks with Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia to visit U.S. military personnel during Operation Desert Shield

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Former POW and U.S. Air Force LCOL Lewis Wiley Shattuck (Captured 11 Jul 66) salutes the American Flag upon his arrival on the C-141 Starlifter from Clark Air Base, Philippines. In the background MGEN John Gonge, 22nd Air Force Commander and MGEN Daniel "Chappie" James await the next returnee to deplane. LCOL Shattuck was in the first group of POWs released on 12 Feb 73 by the North Vietnamese government in Hanoi

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