Saturday, January 21, 2017

January 21, 1981 Hostages Released


 Today’s snippet item is taken from Dewitt’s Diary and does not need any editorial discussion.

Dewitt’s Diary Temperature zero, clear and bright sun.
Ex-President Carter gone to Germany to greet hostages, fifty of them. They have been prisoners of Iran for 444 days.

Newspaper clipping attached to the diary page: Wiesbaden, West Germany—The 52 former hostages, safe in American hands at last and enjoying their first taste of freedom in 14 ½ months, settled into a U.S. Military hospital today and made their first telephone calls to families in the United States.

Put rack of wood piled just outside door inside wood shed. 113 eggs.


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