To: nickcarraway
I recall reading a story about a junior Sailor (E2 or E3) who was blown overboard in the Gulf of Tonkin and wound up in the Hanoi Hilton with many Navy and Air Force pilots.He was given early release by the North Vietnamese (with the permission of his superiors) and when he got home he had valuable details on hundreds of POWs at the Hanoi Hilton.IIRC his name was Hegdhal (or something similar).
Too bad this Marine's name wasn't one of the names that the Sailor had.
To: Gay State Conservative
To: Gay State Conservative
Yes...he was lost over the side of a cruiser firing a gun support mission and the concussion blew him over the side. Interesting story...one of the very few the POW’s encouraged to go home for just that reason, that he memorized the names.
6 posted on
07/10/2017 12:37:45 PM PDT by
rlmorel
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To: Gay State Conservative
Wasn’t Hegdhal the one who played a simpleton while captured and was considered so dumb by the Vietnamese that they gave him a lot of unsupervised latitude in working various jobs around the prison?
IIRC this allowed him to find out the names of the other POWs. He also sabotaged a Viet truck in the compound.
13 posted on
07/10/2017 1:36:55 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
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To: Gay State Conservative
Doug Hegdahl
He was one of my Instructors at SERE School and after the training was over at debrief he recited the Names and #’s and was very accessible, super good guy.
He should write Motivational Books, he was a great motivator for me in my younger years and today as well.
19 posted on
07/10/2017 5:53:55 PM PDT by
TexasTransplant
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