woberto Report This Comment
Date: April 06, 2020 09:36AM

Dude do you even know the story here?

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: April 06, 2020 05:11PM

Can't recall for sure though I did when I posted it. After all that was over 9yrs ago 'berto.

Seems like he was a returning POW but I'm not sure



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pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: April 06, 2020 05:41PM

Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is reunited with his family at Travis AFB, March 13, 1973. Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Slava “Sal” Veder.
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woberto Report This Comment
Date: April 07, 2020 01:45AM

Quoth the wiki;
Despite outward appearances, the reunion was an unhappy one for Stirm.
Three days before he arrived in the United States, the same day he was released from captivity, Stirm received a Dear John letter from his wife Loretta informing him that their marriage was over. Stirm later learned that Loretta had been with other men throughout his captivity, receiving marriage proposals from three of them.
In 1974, the Stirms divorced and Loretta remarried, but Lt Col Stirm was still ordered by the courts to provide her with 43% of his military retirement pay once he retired from the Air Force. Stirm was later promoted to full Colonel and retired from the Air Force in 1977.

Stirm was shot down over Hanoi on October 27, 1967.
Stirm was released from Vietnam on March 14, 1973.
The photo was taken at Travis AFB on March 17, 1973

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: April 07, 2020 03:46PM

Looks like his wife missed out on her shot at an Emmy for her performance in this pic then.

Or, maybe she's just exhibiting her joy knowin she was headed for a big (and UNDESERVED) pay day. What a cunt