POW Torture

Inspect the savage sufferings and breaking points the American captives endured at the hands of their Vietnamese captors during the Vietnam Conflict as we touch down on Southern & Northern Vietnam camps as well as other outpost sites deep in the Indo-Chinese borderlands with Aldo scouring stories from firsthand accounts of real hard-boiled prisoners of war — including collaborators with the enemy.

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0:24 Northern prisoner camps

7:37 – Southern prisoner camps

10:35 – Collaborator with the Enemy Account

14:23 – Hanoi Hilton Torture

23:26 – From Capture to Release

29:24 – Punished to Death

32:01 – US POW Traitors

38:27 – Dieter Dengler’s Account

41:26 – Dark Secret of Vietnam

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