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Hỏa Lò Prison (Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ̀], 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. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton".
Communist government of North Vietnam under orders from Ho Chi Minh: Quỳnh Lưu uprising: November 2–14, 1956 North Vietnam: 1022 killed People's Army of Vietnam: Châu Đốc massacre: July 11, 1957 Châu Đốc in An Giang Province, South Vietnam 17 Anti-government insurgents Huế Phật Đản shootings: May 8, 1963 Huế, South Vietnam
Lorrie Stirm appeared on Antiques Roadshow on January 2, 2023, seeking an appraisal for an archive of items relating to the event: Lorrie's personal print of the famous photograph (signed by the photographer in 1990), Lt. Col. Stirm's prison uniform, Red Cross luggage with a North Vietnamese tag, a spoon engraved with "Lt. Col. Stirm" and a ...
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January 1 - Vietnam’s new marriage law goes into effect. Same-sex marriages are no longer prohibited, but are not recognized as being legally valid. [1] January 3 - Bulk Jupiter, a Norwegian cargo ship, sinks off the coast of Vietnam, with eighteen dead and one survivor. [2]
According to the Washington Post, it was taken in 1972 during her controversial trip to North Vietnam and shows her sitting with Vietnamese soldiers on an antiaircraft gun, the sort used to shoot ...
The Sơn Tây prison camp was a POW camp operated by North Vietnam near Sơn Tây and approximately 23 miles (37 km) west of Hanoi in the late 1960s through late 1970 and again in 1975. About 65 United States prisoners of war were held there during the middle of the Vietnam War .
More than 265,000 women served in the military during Vietnam, and 11,000 actually served in Vietnam, per the VA. Of those 11,000 women, 90% were nurses like Frankie. Of those 11,000 women, 90% ...