Thursday, 30 August 2018

The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam

Prisoners on work duty, filling sandbags in the "Big Red" work area.

Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.

(Image credit: Paul Grossheim/Courtesy of Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University)



from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2LDxdgv

No comments:

Post a Comment