Today, 52 years ago, on March 29, 1973 (February 25, 1973), North Vietnam released the last American prisoner of war after the end of the Vietnam War. The family of US prisoner Colonel Robert-Storm welcomed his return on March 29, 1973, after the ten-year Vietnam War, the United States withdrew its troops from the war-torn area, and the North Vietnamese released the last American prisoner. When the unpopular, domestic-splitting march in which the United States participated ended, there was little celebration. A North Vietnamese special prison for American prisoners known as "Hannah Hilton" was empty for the first time in eight years.