Hanoi Hilton

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
February 13, 2018
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Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

On the 45th anniversary of “Operation Homecoming,” the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History accepted a donation from Rep. Samuel Robert Johnson (R-Texas), a fighter pilot who endured almost seven years as a prisoner of war (POW). Johnson gave the tin cup and toothpaste tube he used while held in one of the prisons the captives nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton.”

Courtesy Smithsonian's National Museum of American History