Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92

The image immortalized a Vietnam veteran’s joyous homecoming to his beaming family, but it hid the truth about an unraveling marriage.Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm on March 17, 1973, as he was greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., after five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. His daughter Lorrie, foreground, is followed by the other children, Robert, Cynthia and Roger, and his wife, Loretta.