On this day…
Posted on January 20th, 2008 In my own particular idiom Claire
From BBC
(excerpt) January 21, 1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 daysThe 52 American hostages held at the US embassy in Tehran for more than 14 months have arrived in West Germany on their way home to the United States. The former diplomats and embassy staff stepped from the plane onto the tarmac at Wiesbaden airport looking tired but elated after their 4,000-mile (6,437km) flight from Iran. Some waved to the crowd of well-wishers who had gathered, others gave the V-for-victory sign… (snip) … Stories of the “abominable treatment” the men and women suffered at the hands of their Iranian captors are beginning to emerge. Letters from home were burned in front of the hostages, there were regular beatings and some talked of games of Russian roulette.
Certainly didn’t hear this on the news today. But definitely something we need to remember. Thanks for the reminder.
I remember the day they were taken, and I remember the day they were released… and all of the stuff in between. What a hard time for our Country and our Military.
those are such vivid days in my memory. It was the first time I understood that we (America) were not safe.