The captured US Navy sailor known to his North Vietnamese guards as 'The Incredibly Stupid One' had a sneaky trick up his sleeve.During the Vietnam War, Seaman Apprentice Douglas B. Hegdahl survived for two years in the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' prison by posing as an illiterate fool, while secretly memorizing the names of 256 American servicemen held there.Memorized to the tune of 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm', the list of names likely saved many lives, by confirming the men were still alive and putting immense pressure on the North Vietnamese to release them at the war's end.
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