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Thirty years after their release, cadets and fans at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., welcome the former Iranian hostages at the start of the men's Army/Navy basketball game, Jan 22, 2011. In January 1981, West Point served as a waypoint when the nation cheered the return of a group of American citizens taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Iran.

FORMER HOSTAGE REUNION

Thirty years after their release, cadets and fans at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., welcome the former Iranian hostages at the start of the men's Army/Navy basketball game, Jan 22, 2011. In January 1981, West Point served as a waypoint when the nation cheered the return of a group of American citizens taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Iran.

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