Hỏa Lò Prison
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Hỏa Lò Prison 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. During th
The Hanoi Hilton in a 1970 aerial surveillance photo
The French name "Maison Centrale" above the gate of Hỏa Lò
Museum reconstruction of First Indochina War prisoners in Hỏa Lò
The "Little Vegas" area built for American POWs in 1967, shown in a final inspection in 1973 shortly before the Americans' release
John McCain
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John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a
Hỏa Lò Prison
…Hayden Lockhart, first Air Force pilot captured in North Vietnam, third American captured. John McCain, US Navy pilot, Senator (R-AZ) and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, spent parts of his five and a half years as a POW there. James Robinson Risner…
Official portrait, 2009
McCain at the Naval Academy, 1954
Lieutenant McCain (front right) with his squadron and T-2 Buckeye trainer, 1965
Lieutenant Commander McCain being interviewed after his return from Vietnam, April 1973