Flight gear and photograph of Navy Pilot Everett Alarez Jr., captured in the raid that followed the Tonkin Gulf incident and held longest of any American prisoner, is still on display Hanoi's Armed Forces Military Museum. Alvarez was the first tenant of what the Americans would call the Hanoi Hilton. Captured American helmets and pieces of downed aircraft are on display in the museum which houses treasured war trophies from the French and American wars, along with many from the Cambodian...
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Flight gear and photograph of Navy Pilot Everett Alarez Jr., captured in the raid that followed the Tonkin Gulf incident and held longest of any American prisoner, is still on display Hanoi's Armed Forces Military Museum. Alvarez was the first tenant of what the Americans would call the Hanoi Hilton. Captured American helmets and pieces of downed aircraft are on display in the museum which houses treasured war trophies from the French and American wars, along with many from the Cambodian and Chinese fronts.In Hanoi, North Vietnam. (Jim Bryant Photo) .....
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