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Hanoi Hilton
nickname
a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, formally known as the Hoa Lo Prison (1964–1973) US
The title of a 1987 film starring Michael Moriarty and Jeffrey Jones as US prisoners of war trying to survive in the camp.- The only facility North Vietnamese have taken newsmen to visit is one wryly known among American Pilots as the “Hanoi Hilton.” — New York Times, p. 16, 24 November 1970
- The next place I end up was Hoa Lo Prison, which we called the Hanoi Hilton. — Wallace Terry, Bloods, pp. 273–274, 1984
- I’m a guest at Hanoi Hilton, with luxury sublime / The only thing’s that not so great, I’ll be here a long, long time. — Joseph Tuso, Singing the Vietnam Blues, p. 71, 1990: Cruising Over Hanoi
- Which was when the instructor said, “Well, smart-asses, that’s how we did it at the Hanoi Hilton.” — John Weisman, Soar: A Black Ops Mission, p. 46, 2003
- When cruelly exploiting Cindy’s brief addiction to prescription painkillers didn’t work, they [President George W. Bush’s operatives] said McCain was crazy–too long at the Hanoi Hilton as a POW. — John W. Dean, Worse Than Watergate, p. 4, 2004
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