The Nation: Life with Father

While controversy swirls around the conduct of a few former prisoners of war, the vast majority of the 680 returned P.O.W.s continue to settle into the routine of free life. For most, the past three months have been a difficult time of readjustment and reacceptance. To find out what that period has been like, TIME Correspondent Philip Taubman repeatedly visited Air Force Lieut. Colonel Kenneth North and his family in Wellfteet, Mass. Taubman's report:

At first, it is hard to tell that Ken North, now 43, has been away for 6½years in North...