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American Heritage Museum to exhibit ‘Hanoi Hilton’ prison cells
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The following press release was submitted by the American Heritage Museum:
Coined the “Hanoi Hilton” by American prisoner Robert Shuemaker, the Hoa Lo prison became synonymous with the POW plight during the war, and long after. American prisoners of war in the Hoa Lo prison were subjected to extreme torture and malnutrition during their captivity. Although a signatory of the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, which demanded “decent and humane treatment” of prisoners of war, North Vietnam employed severe torture methods, including sleep deprivation, malnutrition, beatings, hanging by ropes, locking in irons and prolonged solitary confinement.
something he thinks president obama is lacking. john mccain criticized barack obama s lack of leadership tuesday night, specifically how he has talked about the killing of osama bin laden. he rose to number rag. his continuous bragging about taking out osama bin laden, most guys i know would say, let somebody else talk about that. will learn new insight into the foiled plot to blow up a jet. tuesday night we learned the cia was able to infiltrates al qaeda in yemen and get somebody on the inside. it is quite to pass herself off as a terrorist to the terrorists when you are working for the u.s. or allied intelligence agency. the spy secured a bomb and flipped it out of yemen. by having the bomb and its original state before it goes off, u.s. experts are able to figure out how the bomb works and how it may be detected. it is easier with the bomb is still intact. president obama recently touted his accomplishments and a weekend kickoff in ohio. osama bin laden is