Whatever one thinks of President Barack Obama’s overtures to Cuba and the accompanying prisoner exchange, an important consideration in need of immediate attention is an accounting of our servicemen captured in the Vietnam War and imprisoned in Cuban-operated POW camps. Of utmost importance is an accounting of the 17 American airmen captured in North Vietnam and then taken to Cuba for medical experiments in torture techniques.
Most Americans are unaware that Cuba was deeply involved in the Vietnam War. In fact they had an engineering battalion called the “Girón Brigade,” that was maintaining Route Nine, a major enemy supply line into South Vietnam. Their facilities included a POW camp and field hospital very near the DMZ, just inside North Vietnam. Meanwhile Cuban interrogators worked in Hanoi at a prison known as the Zoo. We know of these operations and some of what happened to our servicemen after so managed to survive and be repatriated in the winter of 1973, during Operation Homecoming.
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I remember see the 'Hanoi Hilton' when
ReplyDeleteI was a kid.
However, I still remember one of the characters
was a Cuban officer that turns up halfway through
the film.
In particular, I remember that character because
of the scene when he tortures and kills the Puerto Rican prisoner.
I especially remember the Cuban's BS babble explaining how the international
character of communism gave him the right to go anywhere and do anything in
support of his oppressed brothers.
the international character of communism gave him the right to go anywhere and do anything in support of his oppressed brothers.
DeleteWell, come on down big boy..............:)