The North Vietnamese officials were gleeful as they presided over the propaganda-heavy release of three US servicemen in August 1969. The POWS had been issued pre-prepared speeches by their captors, instructed to lie about their treatment in Hanoi as the Communists sought to curry international favor.
Among the trio was Doug Hegdahl, an emaciated 22-year-old who had found himself at the Hanoi Hilton after falling off his warship near Vietnam.
This unlikely story was not the only distinguishing factor setting him apart from his fellow American POWs.
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