Mr. ChenyMr. Cheny

POW Hanoi HiltonPOW Hanoi Hilton

Thursday, November 18, 2010Thursday, November 18, 2010

Ellen & MeganEllen & Megan

Mr. Cheny was a POW in Vietnam for a Mr. Cheny was a POW in Vietnam for a year and a half. He described how the year and a half. He described how the North Vietnamese cleaned his wounds North Vietnamese cleaned his wounds and then dragged him through the country and then dragged him through the country stopping at the villages, and of the torture stopping at the villages, and of the torture that he went through upon arrival to the that he went through upon arrival to the prison. He also described life in prison and prison. He also described life in prison and different ways that the Americans could different ways that the Americans could communicate with each other.communicate with each other.

He told us about taking a bath in the He told us about taking a bath in the prison’s drinking water and meeting his prison’s drinking water and meeting his college room mate’s father. It was really college room mate’s father. It was really cool to hear how they would communicate, cool to hear how they would communicate, through tap-code, whistling, or even through tap-code, whistling, or even making signals across the courtyard.making signals across the courtyard.