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Outside Main Gate at Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi Vietnam

Visitors stand outside the main entrance to Hoa Lo Prison. At right, a local tries to sell souvenirs to the tourists. Hoa Lo Prison, also known sarcastically as the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War, was originally a French colonial prison for political prisoners and then a North Vietnamese prison for prisoners of war. It is especially famous for being the jail used for American pilots shot down during the Vietnam War.

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Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton) // Hanoi, Vietnam
Visitors stand outside the main entrance to Hoa Lo Prison. At right, a local tries to sell souvenirs to the tourists. Hoa Lo Prison, also known sarcastically as the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War, was originally a French colonial prison for political prisoners and then a North Vietnamese prison for prisoners of war. It is especially famous for being the jail used for American pilots shot down during the Vietnam War.