海军水手Douglas Hegdahl在河内希尔顿的俘虏和应变能力将63名士兵的地位改为战俘。 Navy sailor Douglas Hegdahl's capture and resilience in Hanoi Hilton changed 63 soldiers' status to POWs.

Douglas Brent Hegdahl, 20岁的海军水手,以前没有海洋经验,在越南战争期间从堪培拉美国海军舰队坠落,被北越渔民抓获。 Douglas Brent Hegdahl, a 20-year-old Navy sailor with no prior sea experience, fell off the USS Canberra during the Vietnam War and was captured by North Vietnamese fishermen. 在河内希尔顿举行,他假装对抓捕者不知情,同时秘密收集情报,帮助将63名失踪士兵的身份改为战俘。 Held at the Hanoi Hilton, he pretended to be unintelligent to his captors while secretly gathering intelligence, which helped change the status of 63 missing soldiers to POWs. 他在Marc Leepson的传记中详细叙述他的故事,突出了他在极端条件下的足智多谋和韧性。 His story, detailed in Marc Leepson's biography, highlights his resourcefulness and resilience under extreme conditions.