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| Photos of US POWs having a dandy time playing pool are at odds with numerous accounts by officers. Current Vietnamese government holds to the view that these were criminals, “pirates” and “bandits”, who attacked Vietnam without authority. They also say they were not bound to Geneva Convention rules of POW treatment, because their country never signed it. |
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| This prison was used by the French colonists for political prisoners at the turn of the last century, depicted here in leg irons. The Vietnamese used it in the 1960’s and 70’s for American POWs, mostly pilots, who were brutally tortured and interrogated – not for military information, but to make forced anti- American propaganda statements. |
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| Most pilots, such as John McCain, were already in bad shape at the time they were captured, either from ejection or forced landing. Sanitation and food conditions were extremely poor. |
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| Chilling courtyard artwork. |
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| All that remains of the original prison is this doorway, built by the French. Believe it or not, there is now a high rise apartment building on top. |
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