☲✪☲ TODAY IN SEA [POW] HISTORY - 14 July 1970 U.S. Army - TopicsExpress



          

☲✪☲ TODAY IN SEA [POW] HISTORY - 14 July 1970 U.S. Army Special Forces raided the "Camp Hope" Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam on 21 Nov 1970, but found no prisoners. It would be later learned that the POWs had been relocated to Dong Hoi, on 14 July 1970. Their move was not due to North Vietnam learning of the planned rescue attempt but because of an act of nature. The POWs were moved because the well in the compound had dried up and the nearby Song Con River, where Son Tay was located, had begun to overflow its banks. This flooding problem, not a security leak, resulted in the prisoners being transported to Dong Hoi to a new prison nicknamed "Camp Faith" located nine miles west of Hanoi.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:13:17 +0000

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