Vietnam POWs
Past Exhibit at the Nixon Library
245 PHOTOS
4 WEB PAGES
4 WEB PAGES
Captured:
Shot Down in Vietnam
This was a special exhibit at the Nixon Library in 2023
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Updated: October 2025
Posted: September 2025
VIETNAM WAR
and its Ally, the Viet Cong
(AKA National Liberation Front)
(AKA Liberation Army of South Vietnam)
North Vietnam
Supported by the Soviet Union and Chinaand its Ally, the Viet Cong
(AKA National Liberation Front)
(AKA Liberation Army of South Vietnam)
VS
South Vietnam
and its Principal Ally, the United States of AmericaVIETNAM EXHIBIT
4 PAGES
PRE-VIETNAM WAR: | |
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PAGE 1 | |
What is a POW? | |
1775 | American Revolution POWs |
1812 | War of 1812 POWs |
1865 | Civil War POWs |
1917 | World War I POWs |
1920 | Ho Chi Minh |
1941 | World War Ii POWs |
1942 | World War II Japanese Internment |
1945 | Brief History of Vietnam |
1947 | Truman Doctrine |
1949 | Geneva Conventions |
1950 | Korean War POWs |
1954 | Indochina Communist Expansion |
1954 | 17th Parallel |
1955 | POW Code of Conduct |
1963 | Tiger Cages |
THE NIXON YEARS: | |
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PAGE 3 | |
1968 | 1968 Campaign |
Requirements For Peace | |
1969 | Alive or Dead? |
Ross Perot's Christmas Delivery | |
1970 | Missing in Action |
The Camps | |
POW / MIA Bracelets | |
1971 | Write Hanoi |
Live From Space | |
1972 | Air War in Vietnam |
Operation Linebacker II | |

In Honor of Ross Perot
Captured: Shot Down in Vietnam
Texas businessman Ross Perot, Sr. was a tireless and effective advocate for the men held as prisoners of war and those missing in action in Vietnam, both during and after the war. This exhibition was made possible thanks to the generosity of Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. in honor of Ross Perot, Sr.
VIETNAM WARCAPTURED
POWS
CAPTURED
SHOT DOWN IN VIETNAM
Presented by
The Richard Nixon Foundation
National Archives and Records Administration
The Richard Nixon Foundation
National Archives and Records Administration
With special thanks to
- The Gary Sinise Foundation
- In-N-Out Burgers
- Bob Bostock
- Bob Christianson
- Coronado Historical Society
- Cote d'Azur University
- Dennis Moore
- Department of Defense
- Gerald L. Coffee
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
- International Committee of the Red Cross Archives
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
- John M. McGrath
- Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Division
- Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
- Minnesota Historical Society
- National Archives at College Park
- National Museum of the Marine Corps
- National Naval Aviation Museum
- National Park Service
- Naval History and Heritage Command
- Perot Family Collection and Archive
- Regimes Museum
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
- Stewart Wavell-Smith
- Stockdale Family
- Terry Adams
- United States Airborne and Special Operations Museum
- United States Air Force
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Naval Academy Museum
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
- Ross Perot Collection
- Stockdale Family Collection
- Virginia Museum of History & Culture


Nixon LibraryMay 23, 2023 through March 31, 2024
See more than 75 unique artifacts from around the country, on display together for the first time. Launch from an aircraft carrier ready room into the skies. Get up close to a recreated, rat-infested prison cell. And relive the national celebration that was their homecoming, including the largest dinner in White House history.
