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    84639°E / 21.02528; 105.84639 Hỏa Prison (Vietnamese: [hwa᷉ː lɔ̂], 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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  • to twenty years in prison. He was first sent to Hỏa Prison in Hanoi, but as a problem prisoner he was transferred to Son La Prison at the end of 1942...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    wounds incurred while a prisoner of war. Denton was first sent to the Hỏa Prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton", and was later transferred to the Cu Loc...
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