Hanoi Hilton
(US, military, slang, historical, euphemism) Hỏa Lò Prison in Vietnam, where prisoners of war were held and tortured.
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(US, military, slang, historical, euphemism) Hỏa Lò Prison in Vietnam, where prisoners of war were held and tortured.
The Hilton Hanoi Opera hotel has opened, a few blocks from Hoa Lo, the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” where American prisoners were held during the Vietnam War. (The few remaining cells of that prison have been preserved as a museum.)
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