Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
June
23, 2003
Red Grandy / ©Stars and Stripes
Vienna, Austria,
April 28, 1951: Robert Vogeler gets a hug from his
wife, Lucille, as he gains his freedom after 527 days in captivity in Hungary.
Vogeler, an ITT executive, was arrested on espionage charges in December, 1949;
his captivity resulted in several retaliatory moves by the U.S., including the
closing of Hungarian consulates in two cities and a ban on travel by Americans
to the Eastern Bloc country.