On the morning of July 6, 1966, prisoners at "Briarpatch" and the "Zoo," two prisoner of war camps ... them in Hanoi. Prisoners were rounded up in the "Hanoi Hilton," the facility in which ...
To this day, little is known in the West about the fate of the more than 200,000 Vietnamese prisoners of war who fell into ... sarcastically called the «Hanoi Hilton.» McCain was regularly ...
The five-star Metropole was the first hotel to open in Hanoi, in 1901. During the Vietnam war, the communist Northern Vietnamese government took over the hotel to host international guests ...
Dick Stratton was a pilot in Vietnam and spent more than six years as a POW. His family is planning his funeral service after his yearlong battle with cancer.
constructed in the wake of the Vietnam War" after bombing wrecked the city. There are other reminders of both eras throughout Hanoi. At the Hoa Lo Prison Museum, visitors can see what remains of ...
Example Bombing President Johnson ordered the bombing of strategic military targets in North Vietnam, including air raids on the capital city, Hanoi, and bases and supply routes for the Vietcong.