American POWs in Vietnam | National Museum of …

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American POWs in Vietnam From 1961 to 1973, the North Vietnamese and Vietcong held hundreds of Americans captive in North Vietnam, and in Cambodia, China, Laos, and South Vietnam. In North Vietnam alone, more than a dozen prisons were scattered in and …

U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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Vietnam War POWs and MIAs | Britannica

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More than 80 percent of POWs held in North Vietnam were aircrew personnel of the U.S. Air Force (332 POWs), Navy (149 POWs), …

POW/MIA | Vietnam War - Pritzker Military Museum

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While the North Vietnamese maintained several prisoner camps, the most famous was the Hỏa Lò Prison, which American servicemen named the “Hanoi Hilton”. Built by the French and used to imprison political …

Famous Prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton - Ranker

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List of Famous Prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton ranked by fame and popularity. The Hanoi Hilton is the nickname that American prisoners gave the Hỏa Lò Prison. The …

Vietnam Prisoner of War: Incredible Story Behind the …

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The Incredible Story Behind a Haunting Picture of a POW in Vietnam Captured U.S. pilot major Dewey Waddell is guarded by a militiawoman with a gun and a bayonet on a rice field. Vietnam,...

Four POWs we should all remember - New York Post

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James Stockdale, a Medal of Honor recipient for leading American prisoners of war in Vietnam. While Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is getting readjusted to life after the Taliban, let us snap a salute to...

List of prisoners of war - Wikipedia

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Charles de Gaulle – French general and political leader, captured at Verdun, POW 1916-1918 Dieter Dengler – United States Navy pilot who escaped a Pathet Lao prison camp …

Tortured in notorious ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ 11 GIs were …

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On Feb. 11, 1965, Lt. Cmdr. Bob Shumaker became the second US pilot shot down over Vietnam. He was taken to the Hanoi Hilton and held in isolation for four …

US Prisoners of War who returned alive from the …

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US Prisoners of War who returned alive from the Vietnam War Sorted by Name Military Service Country of Incident Name Date of Incident Date of Rank Return USAF N. …