This photo was taken in 2009 at Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hoa Lo Prison was used by the French to house Vietnamese revolutionaries and later gained infamy in America as the prison that American POWs sarcastically referred to as the "Hanoi Hilton." The memorial garden is a tribute to all of the Vietnamese who died at the hands of their French captors. The French were exceptionally brutal, keeping Vietnamese prisoners chained to a large, flat table by their ankles then torturing them and executing them by means of the guillotine. The words on the wall mean, "High Indomitable Patience - Eternal Glory."
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Hoa Lo Prison Memorial Garden
This photo was taken in 2009 at Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hoa Lo Prison was used by the French to house Vietnamese revolutionaries and later gained infamy in America as the prison that American POWs sarcastically referred to as the "Hanoi Hilton." The memorial garden is a tribute to all of the Vietnamese who died at the hands of their French captors. The French were exceptionally brutal, keeping Vietnamese prisoners chained to a large, flat table by their ankles then torturing them and executing them by means of the guillotine. The words on the wall mean, "High Indomitable Patience - Eternal Glory."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Western Australia War Memorial
This photo was taken in 2010 at King's Park in Perth, Australia. This memorial was erected to honor the men of Western Australia who fought and died in World War I. The Australian flag is on the left and the Western Australian state flag is on the right. Australia entered World War I in 1914, 3 years before the Americans declared war on Germany. 421,809 Australians served in World War I and 58,961 were killed in action. At the time, Australia's total population was a little more than 4 million people.
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