Retired Col. Robert L. Stirm, the man featured in the famous Vietnam War Pulitzer Prize-winning photo “Burst of Joy” has died ...

Every day, how grateful I am that my father was one of the lucky ones and returned home. That was really a gift.” ...

The “Burst of Joy” photo from 1973 shows Robert Stirm, a prisoner of war, returning to exuberant loved ones at Travis Air ...

Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five years before his release in 1973. One of Stirm's ...

Somehow, it seemed sadly appropriate. Robert Stirm passed away last week on Veterans Day. He was 92. Stirm grew up in San Mateo and was a graduate of San Mateo ...

Foster City’s Robert Stirm has been to hell and back. That’s not a cliché. That’s reality. It’s been half a lifetime since he was freed from a notorious North Vietnamese prison, nicknamed, in the ...

Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the man captured in the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo at Travis Air Force Base in Northern ...