How a Navy sailor fell off his ship, played dumb — and became a Vietnam POW hero
Doug Hegdahl, pictured in captivity around Christmastime in 1968, was serving with the Navy on a warship off the coast of Vietnam in 1967 when he fell overboard – paving the way for him to become the youngest, lowest-ranking US POW at the Hanoi Hilton, where he brilliantly pretended to be a fool as he gathered intel against the Communists (US Information Agency)
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How a Navy sailor fell off his ship, played dumb — and became a Vietnam POW hero
