(US, military, slang, historical, euphemism) Hỏa Lò Prison in Vietnam, where prisoners of war were held and tortured.
(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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(US, military, slang, historical) A Vietcong stronghold said to be located in the region of Sơn Mỹ village in Quảng Ngãi Province during the Vietnam War.
(US, slang) A jail.
(British, _, military, _, slang) A military prison.
(US, military, historical) The periodic firing of unobserved rounds of ammunition at trails known to be used by the enemy, during the Vietnam War.
(US, _, military, historical) The prison of a regimental post.