Imprisoned at the notorious “Hanoi Hilton,” tortured to the limit of human endurance, left with a limp and disfigured hand, the soft-spoken Texan finally walked out a free man in 1973 after U.S. bombing forced North Vietnam to the peace table. "And when all of us [former POWs] went to a gala event at the White House, we thanked President Nixon and [Secretary of State] Henry Kissinger for bringing us home" Johnson recalled to HUMAN EVENTS reporters, noting that the White House event for their homecoming in 1973 was one of the last public appearances by Irving Berlin (who led the audience in singing “God Bless America.”). Full Article at HumanEvents.com