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US Army units, late in the war, usually had a "Chui Hoy" (Ex-NVA/VC-he had surrendered to allied forces sometime in his past), and now was in the field, armed, and working for us; As a Scout. Down south in the Mekong Delta AO (Area of Operations), these scouts were normally called "Tiger Scouts". Up in I Corps, near the DMZ, we called them "Kit Carson" scouts. Either way, most were never trusted in the beginning, then after a month or so, we got along just fine. Some turned out to be fine men. But G-d help them, if they were ever captured by the NVA or VC (their former comrades!). If GI's took a prisoner, his hands might be bound, with torn uniform or rifle slings, if we had nothing else. The officer in the field (Lieutenant, Captain, Major, etc.) would interrogate the POW through the Kit Carson or Tiger Scout. Battalion would send out a chopper, sometimes a LOACH (Cayuse-the all metal egg shaped helicopter, flown by PI Magnum's (Tom Selleck) sidekick in the TV series from the 80's), the POW would be taken away, his personal effects went also (for S-2/intell), and his AK-47. If he had an SKS rifle or K-54 pistol, we could keep it, and take it home as a "war souvenir".

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POWs in Vietnam were treated brutally. guards would order for all the prisoners to come out of their cells and line up against the wall facing away. then the guards would walk up and down the aisles picking and choosing who they wanted to torture for the day. guards would rip off pieces of rubber tires and thrash them on the bare backs of the prisoners until flesh was hanging off. they would also like to take wires or ropes and play a game they liked to call " tree time". tree time is when you order the prisoners to strip completely and have them pick a branch to hang themselves from.

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POW is a Prisoner of War.

Americans who were POWs of the North Vietnamese were generally treated very poorly, with many instances of food and sleep deprivation, actual physical torture, and psychological stressing.

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The soldiers at Vietnam were not treated right. The American Soldiers get welcomed back to American, but when they get to Vietnam they don't get welcomed. They get treated bad by crows of people. kk

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Yes on both sides. Ps Vietnam was not a war it was a police action where any thing and any one was fair game.

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they abused them and didn't feed them. they would beat them until they gave them information. then they killed them.

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