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6326 iii - Rare 1969 Map - CON SON ISLAND - CAN DAO - VC POW CAMP - Vietnam War For Sale
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6326 iii - Rare 1969 Map - CON SON ISLAND - CAN DAO - VC POW CAMP - Vietnam War:
$330.00
December 1969Xom Giua - Kien Giang, An Xuyen Province - NLF, VC Controlled - Free Fire Zone - Gulf of Thailand - Kien An - Thoi Binh - Song Ong Doc US MILITARY MAP
Con Doa Prison - Côn Đảo Prison– Con Son Island – POW CAMP - Vietnam Côn Đảo Prison(Vietnamese: Nhà tù Côn Đảo), also Côn Sơn Prison, is a prison on Côn SơnIsland (also known as Côn Lôn) the largest island of the Côn Đảo archipelago insouthern Vietnam (today it is in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province). The prison wasbuilt in 1861 by the French colonists to jail those considered especiallydangerous to the colonial government. Many of thehigh-ranking leaders of Vietnam were detained here. It is ranked aspecial historical relic of national importance by the government of Vietnam.The most famous site in this prison are the "tiger cages"(vi:"chuồng cọp"). The Frenchtiger cages cover an area of 5.475 m2, within which each cell occupies 1.408m2, solariums occupy 1.873 m2, and other spaces occupy 2.194 m2.
The prisonincludes 120 cells. The prison was closed after the end of the Vietnam War andopened for visitors soon after.
In 1861, theFrench colonial government established a prison on the island to houseprisoners who had committed especially severe crimes. After the turn of thecentury, the prison held an increasingly larger population of politicalprisoners. In 1954, it was turned over to the South Vietnamese government, whocontinued to use it for the same purpose. Notable prisoners held at Côn Sơnincluded Phan Châu Trinh from 1908-1911, Tôn Đức Thắng, Phạm Văn Đồng and Lê ĐứcThọ in the 1930s, and Nguyễn An Ninh who died in the prison on August 14, 1943,possibly killed by his jailers for fear that he might be used politically bythe Japanese. Võ Thị Sáu wasexecuted at the prison in 1952 (though she was imprisoned at the police postoutside of the prison). Not far fromthe prison is Hàng Dương Cemetery, where some of the prisoners who died between1941 and 1975 were buried. During theVietnam War, prisoners who had been held at the prison in the 1960s and 70swere abused and tortured. In July 1970,two U.S. Congressional Democrat representatives, Augustus Hawkins and WilliamAnderson, visited the prison. They wereaccompanied by Tom Harkin (then an aide), translator Don Luce, and USAID Officeof Public Safety Director Frank Walton. When thedelegation arrived at the prison, they departed from the planned tour, guidedby a map drawn by a former detainee. The map led tothe door of a building, which was opened from the inside by a guard when heheard the people outside the door talking. Inside theyfound prisoners were being shackled within cramped "tiger cages". Prisonersbegan crying out for water when the delegation walked in. They had sores andbruises, and some were mutilated. Harkin tookphotos of the scene. The photos were published in Life magazine on July 17,1970. Some lesserknown prisons are found on the eastern edge of town, on a street running northoff ocean road across from Lo Voi Beach. Built in 1968,Phu An Camp (called Camp 6 until 1973) was part of the new jail system designedby the Americans. It had tworows of 10 chambers and four cells, and incarcerated those arrested in the TetOffensive. Directlyacross the road is Phu Binh Camp or Camp 7. Built in 1973, it containsAmerican-style tiger cages. When PresidentDuong Van Minh and the South Vietnam government surrendered on April 30, 1975,officials in Con Dao locked all the prison doors and fled. At 01:00 onMay 1, 1975, Camp 7 was the first prison to begin an uprising that spreadacross the island. By 08:30 Con Dao was completely liberated.
Vietnam War MAP - Measures - 29 x 22.5 inches ( 74 x 59 cms )
6326 iii - Rare 1969 Map - CON SON ISLAND - CAN DAO - VC POW CAMP - Vietnam War $247.50
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