were often too small for the Americans), a guillotine(Russ 1), 6 feet by 12 feet cells, and hardwood beds (Walsh 2). (See pictures 1 and 2) When the French left in 1954, the Vietnamese changed the name of the street back to "Hibachi Street", and renamed the prison "Hoa Lo", after the hibachis that were once made on the area the prison stands on (The Hanoi Hilton 1). The American POWs joking dubbed it the "Hanoi Hilton" after a popular hotel chain (Cogan 1)
             The Vietnamese guards and interrogators used traditional torture methods to break the prisoners' spirits and coerce them into submission, as well as a few more modern methods. The more traditional methods being: starvation, solitary confinement, refusing of medical treatment, and random beatings (McCain 190). The more modern methods would include: the ropes, sto
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