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"When Navy seaman Douglas Hegdahl fell overboard into the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967, North Vietnamese forces pulled him out of the water and dragged him to the most feared prison of the Vietnam War — the Hanoi Hilton.
He was young. He was low-ranking. And the moment he arrived, he made a decision his captors never saw coming.
He would become the dumbest man in the room."
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He was of low rank he was incredibly dumb, so they thought and he was given the freedom to walk about the Hanoi Hilton prison unobstructed. Dumb? He memorized every prisoners name rank and date of capture. Released in 1969 he had memorized the info and could sing it all to the tune of Old McDonald had a Farm. Thus making sure of a safe return of all 250 prisoners.
M.O.H. recipient Vice Admiral James Stockdale said "Seamen Hegdahl destroyed more vehicles with dirt and rocks than I did with my multi million $$ jet." He was sabotaging the fuel tanks on their vehicles while he was cleaning them at the prison. Hegdahl worked at a P.O.W. escape and evasion military school teaching officers how to survive.
He was young. He was low-ranking. And the moment he arrived, he made a decision his captors never saw coming.
He would become the dumbest man in the room."
(24) Quora
He was of low rank he was incredibly dumb, so they thought and he was given the freedom to walk about the Hanoi Hilton prison unobstructed. Dumb? He memorized every prisoners name rank and date of capture. Released in 1969 he had memorized the info and could sing it all to the tune of Old McDonald had a Farm. Thus making sure of a safe return of all 250 prisoners.
M.O.H. recipient Vice Admiral James Stockdale said "Seamen Hegdahl destroyed more vehicles with dirt and rocks than I did with my multi million $$ jet." He was sabotaging the fuel tanks on their vehicles while he was cleaning them at the prison. Hegdahl worked at a P.O.W. escape and evasion military school teaching officers how to survive.
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