Dozens of former Vietnam POWs will reunite for a dinner recreating a White House banquet held 50 years ago by Richard Nixon to mark their freedom and heroism.

Richard M. Nixon became the 37th President of the United States yesterday with a “sacred commitment” to devote himself and his office to the cause of peace.

Nixon’s public position in 1971 was reciprocal withdrawals of U.S. and North Vietnamese forces from South Vietnam, leaving the South Vietnamese in peace.

The US president, Richard Nixon, appeared on national television to announce "peace with honour" in Vietnam.

Over the ensuing months, the American service members held in captivity were released in waves, and Nixon’s bash was to honor their return.

In a speech broadcast nationally, Nixon said that the agreement ensured “peace with honor.” The agreement led to the release of 591 American POWs.

The Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda opened "Captured: Shot Down in Vietnam," an exhibition about the experience of the Vietnam POWs on the 50th anniversary of their homecoming.

Nearly 170 American prisoners of war marked on Tuesday the 50th anniversary of their release with a visit to the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda.

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum will be dedicating a new monument in honor of the 50th anniversary of National Vietnam War Veterans Day.