Name: Jesse Stadler

Period: 2

Date: 2/11

Operation Homecoming for Vietnam POWs Marks 40 Years by

Donna Miles
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1. MLA Citation

Miles, Donna. "Operation Homecoming for Vietnam POWs Marks 40 Years." DoD News. United States
Department of Defense, 12 Feb. 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

2. Critically read the article. Use the basic (number the paragraphs, underline the
claims and important information, and circle important names, places, and dates) and
intermediate (question, comment, and connect writing in the margins) strategies.

3. Critically read the article. Use the advanced strategy (say/do charting the text).

Paragrap
h(s)

What is the author saying in

the text?

What is the author doing in the

text?

1-2

40 years ago from Feb. 12, 2013 an

aircraft took off out of Hanoi, North
Vietnam. 591 POWs returned to
American soil.

Creating context, giving information on

the operation after the Vietnam war.

3-4

Americans were joyous as they

watched news clips of POWs being
treated. All of the different ranks
but they all wear the same gray
outfit

Describes the feeling of Americans on

the subject and how the POWs were all
different, but the same to the
Vietnamese.

Sgt James Cook, saluted the U.S.

flag as he was on a stretcher, and
Cmdr. Everett Alvarez was one of
the first to be shot down, he spent
8 years as a POW.

Creating an emotional atmosphere,

showing how patriotic the POWs were
even if they were hurt.

6-7

Hanoi taxi lifts out and celebration

breaks our, Andrew Lipps captures
these moments

Introduces a Historian.

8-10

Try to imagine a life of POW, now

try to imagine their lines to the
plane for Operation Homecoming.

Quotes Lipps, who tries to replicate the

emotion he say that day.

11-12

Larry Chesley, spent seven years in

the Hanoi Hilton, Ed Mechenbier,
the last POW to serve in the
Airforce.

Introduces two POWs and quotes each

of them when asked about Operation
Homecoming.

13-14

POWs go to Clark Air Base, where

Roger Shields and two others were
waiting for the POWs, they got a
nice welcoming.

Introduces Roger Shields, and Jeremiah

Denton, a POW and quotes him.

15-16

Carlyle Harris a POW that spent 8

years in Hanoi joined the others in
that sentiment.

Introduces Carlyle and quotes him

17-20

Robinson Risner honored that day

by a statue, choked back emotion
as he arrived. The POWs received
medical exams and they got
american food, News clips were
shown as the POWs went to the
mainland.

Introduces another POW, Robinson,

and quotes him. Creates an emotional
connection as the POWs finally got
American food.

21

Stockdale thanked his countrymen,

and their loyalty to the U.S., and
president.

Introduces Stockdale, and quotes him.

22-23

591 POWs liberated, 325 served the

Air Force, 138 in the Navy, 77 in the
Army, and 26 in the Marine Corps,
25 of the POWs were civilian
employees

Gives statistics on the POWs and what

branch they were in.

24-25

Two of the POWs serve in Congress,

John McCain, and Sam Johnson.
President will have a dinner with
the POWs at the White House

Shows that despite their hardships, the

POWs lived a normal life after the
incident.

4. Write a Four-Sentence Rhetorical Prcis:

Donna Miles, in her article. Operation Homecoming for Vietnam Pows Marks 40 Years (2013),
reports that, Operation Homecoming marks 40 years for Vietnam POWs. She first supports her
claim by first explaining the situation and giving some background as to why this was
happening, then she quotes many Vietnam POWs such as Andrew H. Lipps, and Larry Chesley,
then she explains what it was like when coming out of the plane on U.S soil by quoting more
POWs, then finally concludes how many POWs came home and what branch of the military
they were from. Miless purpose is to inform the American citizens in order to create awareness
of what happened that day and the emotions that went through the POWs. She creates a

serious and emotional tone for American citizens.

5. Believing/Doubting Game:
Believing:

The day of Operation

Homecoming was a very serious and
emotional time for the POWs and their
families. Being trapped in a camp that treated
their prisoners badly for years on end would
be hard, but using this article to create
awareness is what the American society
needs. The humility and punishments have
affected these people and they will never be
able to live a relativly normal life again.

Doubting:

The article is written to report,

thats exactly what it does, it doesnt create
any awareness of what the POWs went
through. It does bring quotes from the soldiers
that were trapped there, that doesnt do any
good because the audience will focus on what
happened to the POWs while in the camps.
The article should be more focused on the
Operation itself and what the U.S. has done
for the POWs.