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American prisoners in Vietnam

After their release in 1973, former US prisoners of war began to talk about the torture they had experienced at the hands of the Vietcong.

After their release in 1973, former US prisoners of war began to talk about the torture they had suffered at the hands of the Vietcong. One of the POWs who spent longest in Vietnamese prison camps was Everett Alvarez - hear his story.

(Photo: American prisoners of war leaving Vietnam in 1973 (AFP/Getty Images)

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