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What an amazing story!
1 posted on 11/25/2007 10:12:45 AM PST by wagglebee
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2 posted on 11/25/2007 10:15:07 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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Salute ping


4 posted on 11/25/2007 10:24:01 AM PST by Cvengr (Every believer is a grenade. Arrogance is the grenade pin. Pull the pin and fragment your life.)
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Not a peep from the MSM. I see it's a UK article
5 posted on 11/25/2007 10:28:33 AM PST by Popman (My doohickey is discombobulated)
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Amazing is right.


6 posted on 11/25/2007 10:28:57 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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RIP Old Buddy.


8 posted on 11/25/2007 10:31:04 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (“democrat” -- “… one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses.”)
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Dengler wrote about his experience in his book “Escape From Laos.” Recommended!


10 posted on 11/25/2007 10:32:52 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( "Do well, but remember to do good.")
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A brave and tenacious hero.

RE: the movie about his life — now THAT is the kind of story I’ll pay to see. None of that “Redacted” crap for me, thank you!


11 posted on 11/25/2007 10:36:00 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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Saw the movie. It wasn’t as gruesome as his real life and well worth watching. The movie was shot is little or no computer graphics. Even the scene s of him moving through the jungle was filmed with a crew crawling through the jungle with him. It was a dramatic story told with extreme realism in at least the cinematography.


12 posted on 11/25/2007 10:37:50 AM PST by CodeToad
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxaLr_nVf_Y

Here’s some footage of Dengler recalling the experience.


14 posted on 11/25/2007 10:40:39 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( "Do well, but remember to do good.")
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Well now, let’s see. Should I see this movie, or redacted??? Tough choice, hmm, drumming my fingers,...thinking....


17 posted on 11/25/2007 10:42:21 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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Amazing survival. RIp.


19 posted on 11/25/2007 10:45:46 AM PST by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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Amazing story indeed.....but with lots of errata. Lt(jg) Dengler was a Naval aviator off the USS Ranger and it's doubtful the mission was secret. He was brought down in Laos and held captive by the Pathet Lao. He was never in the hands of the NVNA.

There was a second survivor in the escape, a Thai named Indradat.

I find no record of him being promoted to a USAF Lt Col or Colonel. His service in the AF prior to his Navy service was as an enlisted man.

Denler was the real deal and Navy Cross winner. Salute to Lt(jg) Dengler.
23 posted on 11/25/2007 10:55:42 AM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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The movie is called “Rescue Dawn” and it was just released on DVD.


24 posted on 11/25/2007 10:59:11 AM PST by CyberAnt (AMERICA: THE GREATEST FORCE for good in the world!)
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“Bloodied and broken, he was asked by Pathet Lao officials to sign a document condemning America, but still he refused,”

Amazing.
And to think of the many in our country who relish doing this very thing.


25 posted on 11/25/2007 11:01:15 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland ("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
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And McCain wanted regular trading status with Vietnam after being a POW.


26 posted on 11/25/2007 11:01:27 AM PST by wastedyears (One Marine vs. 550 consultants. Sounds like good odds to me.)
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http://www.amazon.com/Little-Dieter-Needs-Werner-Herzog/dp/B000M7FO0M/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1196017501&sr=8-1

This Amazon link is for “Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1998)”. This movie tells the story in Dieter Dengler’s own words.


29 posted on 11/25/2007 11:08:24 AM PST by Broker (Grandpa Petti Bones wants to know.)
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May he rest in peace, what an incredible story of bravery and heroism. How one human can do that to another is beyond my comprehension. Perhaps it’s because as a Christian, I value life and they don’t. Is this what America would be like if the ACLU, Democrats, etc. expel God from our country?


30 posted on 11/25/2007 11:09:27 AM PST by theymakemesick (End welfare and the crops will be picked)
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Amazing does not do his story justice.


31 posted on 11/25/2007 11:13:32 AM PST by XtreMarine
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Good Reference for the forum; just be sure to have a free day when
you pick up this book:

American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day
by Robert Coram
http://www.amazon.com/American-Patriot-Life-Wars-Colonel/dp/0316758477/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196017947&sr=1-1


32 posted on 11/25/2007 11:14:03 AM PST by VOA
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unbelievable....where’s drunk Ted Kennedy pleading this brave man’s case???


33 posted on 11/25/2007 11:14:44 AM PST by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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