Tiger Cages Surrounded With Barbed Wires (Recovered) - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

The sign in Vietnamese and English reads: [EN] "Tiger Cages Surrounded With Barbed Wires (Recovered) - "The cage" were weaved by interlacing barbed wires around and on the top of it, "cage" were placed outdoor and had many sizes. Small size is 1,8m x 0.75m x 0,4m for keeping 2-3 people and prisoners had to lie on sandy soil. Another size is 1,8m x 0,75m x 0,6m to keep 5-7 people. The prisoners only could stoop, they couldn't sit straight in it."

From Wikipedia: "During the Vietnam War the Côn Son Island, Côn Ðào Prison was controlled by the South Vietnamese government (allied with the United States government). They kept political prisoners, including some in the 1960s who were abused and tortured. In July 1970, two U.S. Congressional representatives, Augustus Hawkins and William Anderson, visited the prison. They were accompanied by Tom Harkin (then an aide), translator Don Luce, and USAID Office of Public Safety Director Frank Walton. When the delegation arrived at the prison, they departed from the planned tour, guided by a map drawn by a former detainee. The map led to the door of a building, which was opened from the inside by a guard when he heard the people outside the door talking. Inside they found prisoners were being shackled within cramped "tiger cages". Prisoners began crying out for water when the delegation walked in. They had sores and bruises, and some were mutilated. Harkin took photos of the scene. The photos were published in Life magazine on July 17, 1970. Recreations of tiger cages can be seen today at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. In response, Phil Crane, a Republican from Illinois, visited Côn Son and stated that the visit and photos were "distortions of truth." The tiger cages, he said, were "cleaner than the average Vietnamese home." (visit link)

Group that erected the marker: The War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 28 Vo Van Tan Ward 6, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 700000

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