This was a common practice in the Vietnam War but other wars as well. In WWII it was common for japs to cut off penises for trophys and the Germans practiced what they called testicle "pulping" to kick, smash the testicals until they were pulp
The Vietnam government would have Americans believed that there were no POWs left behind, but indeed there were. Special American Missions (very risky) were sent over to free POWs, but the Vietcong moved them from one place to the other so quickly few were found and most after being tortured or starved probably died. If a few managed to survive they would have either been brain-washed or so use to the conditions in which they lived they stayed in Vietnam. There were a few POWs who made it and they had actually forgotten how to speak English. No one really knows who the last POW was. Both the American and Vietnam Governments cease to admit there are any POWs left. Marcy
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Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
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They became POWs.
Less than one thousand POWs. They were released in 1973.
North Vietnam's prison for US POW's? Or South Vietnam prisons for communist POWs?
Nearly all of the US POWs were airmen shot down while on bombing missions over North Vietnam. Therefore, that's were they were imprisoned when they were captured...in various prisons located through-out NORTH Vietnam.
US POWs still surviving in North Vietnam were released to the US in 1973; the vast majority of them were US Airmen who had been shot down during the air war over North Vietnam.
During war, when fighting against recognized nations; POW=Prisoner of War. During the Vietnam War, US POWs wore striped prison uniforms.
There was no treaty, the US simply wanted their POWs returned and then redeployed back to the US (after they were returned).
POWs were Prisoners of War. They did not require pardoning. You may be confusing them with deserters or draft resisters that were pardoned by Jimmy Carter.
For the US, we'd cease fire, receive our POW's back, and depart the country.
Return our POWs and we'll leave.
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