American Heritage Museum to exhibit 'Hanoi Hilton' prison cells
American Heritage Museum to exhibit ‘Hanoi Hilton’ prison cells Community Content The following press release was submitted by the American Heritage Museum: Coined the “Hanoi Hilton” by American prisoner Robert Shuemaker, the Hoa Lo prison became synonymous with the POW plight during the war, and long after. American prisoners of war in the Hoa Lo prison were subjected to extreme torture and malnutrition during their captivity. Although a signatory of the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, which demanded “decent and humane treatment” of prisoners of war, North Vietnam employed sever...
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