84639°E / 21.02528; 105.84639 Hỏa Lò Prison (Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ̀], Nhà tù Hỏa Lò; French: Prison Hỏa Lò) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the...
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the Plantation Camp in Hanoi. Hỏa Lò Prison, also known as the Hanoi Hilton. Located in downtown Hanoi, Hỏa Lò prison was first used by the French colonists...
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Vietnam. He notably coined the term "Hanoi Hilton” for the notorious Hỏa Lò Prison. Shumaker was born on May 11, 1933, at New Castle, Pennsylvania. His...
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witches. The "ropes" was one of several torture methods employed at the Hỏa Lò Prison, popularly known among Americans as the Hanoi Hilton during the 1964-1973...
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and taken prisoner. Stockdale was held as a prisoner of war in the Hỏa Lò Prison (the infamous "Hanoi Hilton") for the next 7+1⁄2 years. As the senior...
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North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, about a mile away from Hỏa Lò Prison ("Hanoi Hilton"-named by Lieutenant Commander Schumaker, the earliest...
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Camp Unity at Hỏa Lò Prison (also known as the Hanoi Hilton); Dogpatch (9 miles south of the Chinese border) May 1972; and Hỏa Lò prison again in January...
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renovations. It will reopen in 2025 as the Waldorf Astoria Hanoi. The nearby Hỏa Lò Prison was a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp morbidly called the "Hanoi Hilton"...
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Lance Sijan (category American people who died in prison custody)
However, in his weakened state, he contracted pneumonia and died in Hỏa Lò Prison (better known as the "Hanoi Hilton") on January 22, 1968. First Lieutenant...
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and seven months of brutal captivity by the North Vietnamese at the Hỏa Lò Prison (sarcastically known as the "Hanoi Hilton" by fellow POWs), in which...
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Ulaanbaatar (Chinggis Khaan Hotel) Ulaanbaatar → Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi (Hỏa Lò Prison) Hanoi (Old Quarter – Thoa Flower Shop) Hanoi → Phố Vác Phố Vác (Dinh...
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of the Governor-General of Indochina) the Public Works Building the Hỏa Lò Prison Vildieu may also have been involved with the construction of the local...
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Black Hole of Calcutta (section Prison reform)
Penitentiary Investigating Committee (1910) Human rights violation Hỏa Lò Prison Gupta, Brejen K. (1962). Siraj-ud-daullah and the East India Company...
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Hanoi (redirect from Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park)
School of the Far East Hotel Metropole Tonkin Palace (State Guest House) Hỏa Lò Prison Supreme Court building Indochina Medical College Museum of Revolution...
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wounds incurred while a prisoner of war. Denton was first sent to the Hỏa Lò Prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton", and was later transferred to the Cu Loc...
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Trường Chinh was imprisoned for his political beliefs Hỏa Lò prison in Hanoi and deported Sơn La prison in Sơn La province for seven years, he was continuously...
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during the Vietnam War and earned the Air Force Cross. As a POW at Hỏa Lò Prison (the "Hanoi Hilton"), he shared a cell with John McCain,[citation needed]...
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fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (22 January 1968), dying in Hỏa Lò Prison during the Vietnam War "I am going over. We are laying over. Help me...
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this time in the Hỏa Lò Prison (known among American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton") for six years, then six more years at other prisons in northern Vietnam...
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was jailed for months in Hỏa Lò Prison also known as the Hanoi Hilton, where he tried to commit suicide. On leaving prison he joined the Nhân Văn Giai...
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American for over five years. In January 1973, Thompson was transferred to Hỏa Lò Prison. He was released with the other POWs in mid-March 1973 in Operation...
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including Cu Loc, Dirty Bird, Alcatraz Grove, the Zoo, Little Vegas and Hỏa Lò Prison (the "Hanoi Hilton"). While in a facility on the outskirts of Hanoi...
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about his six years of captivity in North Vietnam, with much of it in Hỏa Lò Prison, known as the Hanoi Hilton. He was released from captivity on 4 March...
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butt and bayoneted him. McCain was then transported to Hanoi's main Hỏa Lò Prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton". Although McCain was seriously wounded...
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Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder and held as prisoners of war at Hỏa Lò Prison: Edward L. Hubbard, Everett Alvarez Jr., James Richard Shively, Herbert...
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Chí Hòa Prison (Vietnamese: Khám Chí Hòa or Nhà Tù Chí Hòa) is a functioning Vietnamese prison located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The prison is an...
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Mistreatment of U.S. POWs in the Hỏa Lò Prison. 1987 US In Love and War Lionel Chetwynd Mistreatment of U.S. POWs in the Hỏa Lò Prison. 2006 US Rescue Dawn Werner...
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then transported to Hanoi's main Hỏa Lò Prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by American POWs. McCain reached Hỏa Lò in as bad a physical condition as...
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the Sea of Shipping ship to Haiphong and put into detention at the Hỏa Lò prison in Hanoi. In late 1931, he was sent back to Hải Dương. In June 1932...
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North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, about a mile away from Hỏa Lò Prison (nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton” by U.S. POWs). Debilitated from sickness...
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