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 ...

During his initial capture in 1967, U.S. sailor Douglas Hegdhal quietly began to collect vital information, covertly communicating with fellow POWs, memorizing the names, capture dates and personal ...

Historian and PW reviewer Leepson (Huntland) offers an immersive biography of Doug Hegdahl, “the youngest and lowest-ranking American POW captured in North Vietnam,” who famously recited the names of ...

The North Vietnamese didn’t know what to make of their prisoner. Hours upon hours of first abusing him, then pumping him for military information, produced nothing but a nasty nickname for the young ...

The front-page newspaper photograph was striking on the morning of April 6, 1967 — a dramatic image showing the U.S.S. Canberra firing at Communist targets from the warship’s position in the Gulf of ...