The 15th annual Memorial Day Ceremony was held Monday at Garland County Veterans Memorial and Military Park, where Garland County Veteran Service Officer Richard Green characterized what it means to be a hero and how they come in different forms.
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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.