Episode 323 -Doug Hegdahl, The Incredibly Stupid One

GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-belfast-83V5QD If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at admin@llbdpodcast.com Check out Failure to Launch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failure-to-launch/id1585592962 Once upon a time a POW pretended to be so stupid that his captors assumed he wasn't a threat. It turned into one of the largest North Vietnamese intelligence failures of the Vietnam War. Sources: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.usni.org/sites/default/files/users/rsmith/Poor%20Peasant.pdf https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/holy-cow-history-17880270.php https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/70-02000/70-2654.html https://www.lowellmilkencenter.org/programs/projects/view/douglas-hegdahl-the-incredibly-stupid-one/hero https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062045/vietnam-war-hero-doug-hegdahl-stupid-one-memorize-names.html https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/amazing-pow-douglas-hegdahl/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093201/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901396,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060007/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901221,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080918094431/http://www.geocities.com/talesofseasia/rossperotandparis.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091024130127/http://geocities.com/talesofseasia/doug.html Cutler, Thomas. A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy