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General Bradley presents the Pewter Plate commemorating 60 years of Reserves to General Metcalf during the C-141 turnover ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The first aircraft (C-141 Starlifter) to return Vietnam prisoners of war to the United States makes its final landing Saturday May 6, 2006, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The C-141 :Hanoi Taxi' was the first aircraft to arrive in Hanoi in February 1973 to pick up the POWs held by the North Vietnamese. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Hector Garcia, 4th Combat Camera)

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