The unlikely war hero A Vietnam War POW's story of courage and resilience in the Hanoi Hilton
Book - 2024
"This is the incredible tale of the youngest and lowest-ranking American POW captured in North Vietnam. Doug Hegdahl convinced his captors he was stupid, then spent the next two years memorizing the names of 254 fellow prisoners and other details of POW life. Upon his release, that information helped improve POW life for those still in captivity"--
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- Subjects
- Published
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Essex, Connecticut :
Stackpole Books
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780811772921
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: The Lowest-Altitude Bailout
- Chapter 1. Growing Up in Mayberry
- Chapter 2. The Canberra
- Chapter 3. Strange and Unexplainable
- Chapter 4. The Devil's Island of the Far East
- Chapter 5. Pilots in Pajamas
- Chapter 6. Doug and Beak
- Chapter 7. A Gold Mine
- Chapter 8. A Reluctant Hero
- Chapter 9. The MOB
- Chapter 10. Your Government Has Forgotten You
- Chapter 11. Get Out of Jail Free Card
- Chapter 12. Independence Day
- Chapter 13. On American Soil
- Chapter 14. The Primary Issue of the War
- Chapter 15. Going Public
- Chapter 16. Going Private
- Appendix 1. The Code of Conduct
- Appendix 2. The Youngest and Lowest-Ranking Vietnam War POWs
- Bibliographical Note
- Notes
- Index