Video: John McCain and POWs Return Home from Vietnam in 1973

This video was published on YouTube on May 9. 

Newly colorized footage captures the emotional moment John McCain and fellow troops imprisoned in Vietnam began their long journey home to the United States. The historic video, shot in 1973, shows US soldiers stepping off a bus at Gia Lim Airport in Hanoi as they prepare to go through a release ceremony to repatriate them to the United States. The Arizona senator was captured and subsequently imprisoned on October 26, 1967 when his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down by a missile during a bombing mission over Hanoi. McCain (left, top right) was not only seriously wounded and subjected to torture, he was also placed in solitary confinement in March of 1968, where he would spend two years. Despite this, he refused early repatriation, offered on account of his father & #8217's new role of Commander of all US forces in Vietnam, saying he would continue to refuse until every man imprisoned before him was also released. 

Video description courtesy of The Daily Mail.