Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) on Nostr: Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl pretended to be illiterate to fool his captors, who ...
Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl pretended to be illiterate to fool his captors, who believed him to be so stupid that they gave him almost free rein of the camp. He secretly memorized the details of about 256 POWs that he passed on after his release.
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