Question: When was the last pow released from vietnam?

context: Following the Paris Peace Accords of January 1973, U.S. prisoners of war were returned during Operation Homecoming during February through April 1973. During this, 591 POWs were released to U.S. authorities; this included a few captured in Laos and released in North Vietnam. U.S. President Richard Nixon announced that all U.S. servicemen taken prisoner had been accounted for. At that time, the U.S. listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for, including about 1,350 prisoners of war or missing in action and roughly 1,200 reported killed in action and body not recovered. The low numbers of returnees from Laos caused some immediate concern, as previous Pentagon estimates were as high as 41 for prisoners held there, although only a few had been known to be captured for certain. By late 1973, the remains of over 700 Americans killed in Southeast Asia had been returned and identified.
question: When was it reported that the last pow released from Vietnam?
short_answers: 1973
April 1973
context: Often cited as the last verified American POW from the Vietnam War, Garwood was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly was released in 1973 along with the other U.S. POWs as part of the Paris Peace Accords. The North Vietnam government may have kept him as a POW until June 4, 1975 for propaganda reasons until the war ended. After June 4, 1975 he would have no propaganda value as the United States had ceased fighting in Vietnam. However, he did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979.
question: When was the last American POW released from Vietnam and able to return to the US?
short_answers: March 22, 1979
context: Often cited as the last verified American POW from the Vietnam War, Garwood was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly was released in 1973 along with the other U.S. POWs as part of the Paris Peace Accords. The North Vietnam government may have kept him as a POW until June 4, 1975 for propaganda reasons until the war ended. After June 4, 1975 he would have no propaganda value as the United States had ceased fighting in Vietnam. However, he did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979.
question: When was that the last pow released from Vietnam after propaganda campaign?
short_answers: June 4, 1975

long_answer: Following the Paris Peace Accords of January 1973, U.S. prisoners of war were returned during Operation Homecoming during February through April 1973. Often cited as the last verified American POW from the Vietnam War, Robert R. Garwood was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly was released in 1973 along with the other U.S. POWs as part of the Paris Peace Accords. The North Vietnam government may have kept him as a POW until June 4, 1975 for propaganda reasons until the war ended. After June 4, 1975 he would have no propaganda value as the United States had ceased fighting in Vietnam. However, he did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979.
long_answer: The dates the last POW was released from Vietnam differ. It was reported that the last POW had been released from Vietnam in 1973, the year U.S. President Richard Nixon announced that all U.S. servicemen taken prisoner had been accounted for. However, the last POW wasn't released from Vietnam until June 4, 1975, after the propaganda campaign, and wasn't released from Vietnam and able to return to the US until March 22, 1979.