Released prisoner of war Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., as he returns home from the Vietnam War, March 17, 1973. In the lead is Stirm's daughter Lori, 15; followed by son Robert, 14; daughter Cynthia, 11; wife Loretta and son Roger, 12. (AP Photo/Sal Veder)
AP Wirephotos 90th anniversary – the 1970s
AP’s Wirephotos continued to capture the pulse of a world undergoing significant transformation throughout the 1970s. From the Watergate scandal to the end of the Vietnam War, AP photographers documented political upheavals and their profound impact on global audiences, meanwhile chronicling pivotal moments in the environmental movement, spurred by the first Earth Day in 1970, and highlighting the decade’s growing awareness of women’s rights and social justice movements.
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