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The Hanoi Hilton in a 1970 aerial surveillance photo. Hỏa Lò Prison ( Vietnamese: [hwa᷉ː lɔ̂], Nhà tù Hỏa Lò; French: Prison Hỏa Lò) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
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Oct 30, 2021 · From 1964 to 1973, the North Vietnamese kept American soldiers in horrific squalor at the Hỏa Lò prison, better known as the Hanoi Hilton. The torturous prison housed hundreds of American prisoners of war for years on end — including John McCain.
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May 23, 1987 · The Hanoi Hilton: Directed by Lionel Chetwynd. With Michael Moriarty, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright, Paul Le Mat. Follows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison.
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Just few minutes away from Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel, Hoa Lo Prison, also known as “Hanoi Hilton” and “Maison Centrale”, is a historical site in the French Quarter of Hanoi. Loosely translated as “hell’s hole”, it was originally built by French colonist in 1896 to house and torture revolutionary Vietnam rebels.
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May 5, 2017 · The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned. Been Here? 594. Want to Visit? 322. Mannequin prisoners shackled...
The Hanoi Hilton is a 1987 war film which focuses on the experiences of American prisoners of war who were held in the infamous Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi during the 1960s and 1970s and the story is told from their perspectives. It was directed by Lionel Chetwynd, and stars Michael Moriarty, Ken Wright and Paul Le Mat.
