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    84639°E / 21.02528; 105.84639 Hỏa Prison (Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ̀], Nhà tù Hỏa ; French: Prison Hỏa ) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the...
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  • the Plantation Camp in Hanoi. Hỏa Prison, also known as the Hanoi Hilton. Located in downtown Hanoi, Hỏa prison was first used by the French colonists...
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    Vietnam. He notably coined the term "Hanoi Hilton” for the notorious Hỏa Prison. Shumaker was born on May 11, 1933, at New Castle, Pennsylvania. His...
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    renovations. It will reopen in 2025 as the Waldorf Astoria Hanoi. The nearby Hỏa Prison was a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp morbidly called the "Hanoi Hilton"...
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    witches. The "ropes" was one of several torture methods employed at the Hỏa 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 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 Prison ("Hanoi Hilton"-named by Lieutenant Commander Schumaker, the earliest...
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  • this time in the Hỏa 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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    and seven months of brutal captivity by the North Vietnamese at the Hỏa Prison (sarcastically known as the "Hanoi Hilton" by fellow POWs), in which...
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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 Prison (better known as the "Hanoi Hilton") on January 22, 1968. First Lieutenant...
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