The last American POW released by North Vietnam wanted “one last return” to an aircraft carrier (Alfred Agnew)

Lt. Cmdr. Al Agnew was on a reconnaissance mission over Hanoi, Vietnam during the tail end of the Vietnam War on December 28, 1972 when a fighter jet escorting him across enemy territory radioed in with an urgent message: Turn right.

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