https://freerepublic.com/tag/johnbagwell/ en-us Mon, 25 May 2026 12:54:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4380865/posts As I watched the daring rescue of the two airmen shot down over Iran in early April 2026, I found myself thinking of John Bagwell. His story, which he shared with me on my True Crime Reporter® podcast, unfolded nearly six decades earlier, but it remains gripping, timely, and no less dramatic. In 1968, Bagwell was a 19-year-old Armed Forces Radio disc jockey in Vietnam. The volunteer from Ardmore, Oklahoma, believed he had landed one of the safest jobs in a war zone. But the Battle of Hue left him wounded and hunted behind enemy lines in the bloodiest fight... Dallas Express https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4380865/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2026 12:54:29 GMT