https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh en-us 2023-03-20 12:36:58 UTC 2023-03-22 06:38:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2523577420 2023-03-20 13:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2523577420 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2523947179 The “story truth” is that a veteran is returning from a mission and left for quite a long time. His wife and kids were waiting for him to arrive, and when they first saw him, they ran to hug him. Their faces show a lot of joy to be there, but behind this photograph hides a really sad story.]]> 2023-03-20 16:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2523947179 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2523955942 2023-03-20 17:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2523955942 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526603730 Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is the returning soldier that is in the picture. He was captured, and kept in the northern Vietnamese camps. At the time known as Hanoi Hilton. Stirm spent 6 years on these camps, getting physically and mentally tortured. He was then released with the rest of POWs six years after he got captured. ]]> 2023-03-22 05:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526603730 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526605142 2023-03-22 05:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526605142 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526644694 Immediately after Stirm and the other POWs were freed from the camps, the 20 POWs landed at Travis Air force base in California. Three days before they landed at Travis base, Stirm received a letter from his wife wanting a divorce. Stirm affirms to have mixed feelings about the picture. He was happy to be able to see his children again, but that also meant he had to go through a divorce with his wife. ]]> 2023-03-22 06:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526644694 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526645392 2023-03-22 06:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526645392 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526648604 2023-03-22 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526648604 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526661002 A year after his returned, Stirm got divorced. Even though he fought, he lost against her in court. She then moved and married some else, Stirm had no other option but to stay with his mom taking care of his older kids. ]]> 2023-03-22 06:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526661002 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526661216 2023-03-22 06:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526661216 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526667294 Years later, Stirm retired as an Air Force colonel. He then started working as corporate pilot and businessman. 

The story behind this picture is truly sad, but the happening truth is a lieutenant meeting with his family again after so long, and a family really happy to see him. ]]> 2023-03-22 06:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526667294 17121082 https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526668556 2023-03-22 06:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/17121082/fsisyg4nhuhixbyh/wish/2526668556