Guess this place ! (Post your photos)

Hanoi Hilton -- I think the offical name was Hahn Loa prison or something.
And I think it was used by the French to imprison Vietnamese before used to house US POW's.

By the way, hate to bilge Classmate USNA1985, cause I suspect that was what she meant-- Isn't Ho Chi Minh City the former Saigon ? More than happy to let '85 post her picture.
 
Only thing close to Saigon (Ho Chi Mihn City} was Long Bihn Jail {LBJ} . No one ever, ever, ever wanted to go there. On a lighter note anyone with time to kill on the Hudson and loves aviation try visiting. They all Fly and it is a great show. Visual Flight Rules all he way.:angel:
 

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Are we looking at an actual DR-1 and a D.VII, or replicas? I built those models as a kid out of wood and paper. It is striking compared to what we think of aircraft today, how incredibly small those early planes were. You can't get a real feel for it unless you stand next to one.
 
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AF6872 said:
Only thing close to Saigon (Ho Chi Mihn City} was Long Bihn Jail {LBJ} . No one ever, ever, ever wanted to go there. On a lighter note anyone with time to kill on the Hudson and loves aviation try visiting. They all Fly and it is a great show. Visual Flight Rules all he way.:angel:
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Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
 
Replicas but they all fly and put on a show which is amazing. Rhinebeck and worth the trip. Small and no parachutes auger in or land two choices..
 

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Well, I think a 3+ week gap in activity here is license enough to hijack the conn for what should be a simple "where am I" for several SAF members...

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I'm an AF guy and I've been there...
(Beautiful place too)
 
I was there yesterday with DW, DS (USAFA '25) and DS#2 to drop off nephew for NASS, that makes 3 different SA visits since January for us. It was a decent day for a casual walking tour and we swung by the chapel where a Marine captain was getting married, and visited John Paul Jones' crypt. The '25er remarked how his chapel is still a wrapped cube. Was a nice visit to Naptown, had a drink and a snack at the Fox's Den. Highly recommend the "Fig and Pig" pizza, which was so dee-lish it has to have an origin tied to SAFs very own @Capt MJ.

Thread review shows @usna1985 has the conn unless any of the previous three who recognize Bancroft so easily wish to take it.
 
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I was there yesterday with DW, DS (USAFA '25) and DS#2 to drop off nephew for NASS, that makes 3 different SA visits since January for us. It was a decent day for a casual walking tour and we swung by the chapel where a Marine captain was getting married, and visited John Paul Jones' crypt. The '25er remarked how his chapel is still a wrapped cube. Was a nice visit to Naptown, had a drink and a snack at the Fox's Den. Highly recommend the "Fig and Pig" pizza, which was so dee-lish it has to have an origin tied to SAFs very own @Capt MJ.

Thread review shows @usna1985 has the conn unless any of the previous three who recognize Bancroft so easily wish to take it.
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An excellent Naptown day. I love the Fox’s Den! I’ll have to test the Fig and Pig. Sounds like an instant hit for me.
 
Marine Daughter and Marine Son in Law were married in the Chapel. Her cousin (an Opera Major and after an audition with the Choir Master) was allowed to sing Ave Maria at the wedding. A Special Place.
 
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