Keyword: douglashegdahl https://freerepublic.com/tag/douglashegdahl/ en-us Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:00:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 On April 6, 1967, 20-year-old Douglas Hegdahl, a farm kid from South Dakota, was knocked overboard from the USS Canberra in the South China Sea. By dawn, he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401095/posts FeelGoodThoughts@feelgoodtale On April 6, 1967, 20-year-old Douglas Hegdahl, a farm kid from South Dakota, was knocked overboard from the USS Canberra in the South China Sea. By dawn, he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Unlike the captured pilots who arrived in Hanoi, Doug had little military training or intelligence experience. His captors saw a confused, inexperienced young sailor and assumed he was too simple to be dangerous. Doug made a decision that would change his life and the lives of hundreds of others: he let them believe it. He acted clumsy, confused, and almost comically incompetent. His... x.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401095/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:00:27 GMT