Bruce Henderson: "Hero Found"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-06-29/bruce-henderson-hero-found
Colonel Eugene Deatrick (USAF) and Lieutenant Dieter Dengler (USN) at Miramar Naval Air Station in 1968.
USN photo courtesy of Eugene Deatrick via Wikimedia Commons
The story of Dieter Dengler, the U.S. Navy pilot who led a mass escape from a POW camp deep within Laos, becoming the longest-held American to escape captivity during the Vietnam War.
Guests
Bruce Henderson
Author of twenty nonfiction books, including the number one "New York Times" bestseller "And the Sea Will Tell" and "Down to the Sea: An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II." He served as a U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet weatherman from 1965 to 1967.
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On this morning'g show your guest mentioned a Netflix film I think about Dieter. Will you please tell me the title? thank you!
Little Dieter Need to Fly, a truly wonderful documentary from Werner Herzog.
I did not hear the interview but the the movie Rescue Dawn with Christian Bale was based on the Dieters escape also. Of course it was more of the Hollywood version but still well worth seeing.
One of your callers mentioned Robert Gordon; would love to know who authored a book about him...
Dear Diane,
Long-time listener, and thank you!
My late father-in-law was a true war-hero. In WW2 he was a bombardier-navigator, and flew 39 missions over Germany. The book and (TV show) "12 o'clock High" was based on his WW2 flight group.
However his younger, and possibly more heroic, Marine brother flew in the Korean war, and later re-volunteered and flew over Viet Nam. He was shot down and tortured severely for years years until his death. He refused to collaborate in any way.
The caller mentioned Robert Garwood, lunchladycat. I found reference to one book, Conversations with the Enemy.
Robert Garwood
An enlightening book on the shaft he got.
SPITE HOUSE by Monika Jensen-Stevenson, published by Norton in 1997.