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The '''Hanoi Hilton''' was the ironic nickname given by [[American]] [[POW]]s to the Hoa Lo Prison in [[Hanoi]], then capital of [[North Vietnam]], where they were held in captivity between 1964 and 1973. The name is a backhanded tribute to the appalling conditions and routine brutality that they suffered there.
 
The '''Hanoi Hilton''' was the ironic nickname given by [[American]] [[POW]]s to the Hoa Lo Prison in [[Hanoi]], then capital of [[North Vietnam]], where they were held in captivity between 1964 and 1973. The name is a backhanded tribute to the appalling conditions and routine brutality that they suffered there.
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The first US prisoner to be held at the prison was Lieutenant Everett Alvarez, an airman shot down in 1964, who was incarcerated for almost nine years; its most famous inmate was [[Republican]] [[Presidential candidate]], [[Senator]] [[John McCain]].
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The first US prisoner to be held at the prison was Lieutenant Everett Alvarez, an [[A-4 Skyhawk]] pilot shot down in 1964, who was incarcerated for almost nine years; its most famous inmate was [[Republican]] [[Presidential candidate]], [[Senator]] [[John McCain]].
    
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