Czech-born US citizen John Hvasta returns to US after escaping from prison in Communist Czechoslovakia

John Havasta, a naturalized U.S. citizen and Navy veteran, reunites with his family at Idlewild Airport after escaping imprisonment in Czechoslovakia on espionage charges. He found asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Prague and returned home with the help of U.S. officials and the Czech underground. Hillside, NJ, his hometown, celebrates his return, symbolizing freedom's persistence behind the Iron Curtain.

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