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Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 – February 7, 2001) was a German-born United States Navy aviator who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War.After six months of imprisonment and torture, and 23 days on the run, he became only the second captured US airman to escape during the war.
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Jul 12, 2010 · Learn how the German-born U.S. Navy pilot and survival expert planned and executed a daring escape from a jungle prison in Laos during the Vietnam War. Read the details of his ordeal, his capture, his beatings, and his evasion skills in this article by Bruce Henderson.
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May 20, 2017 · Dieter and fellow American POW Duane Martin ran into the jungle and became drenched. It was monsoon season. After a few days, they saw a helicopter but the U.S. pilot had not seen them, or at ...
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Aug 16, 2007 · LT Dieter Dengler was a German-born American citizen who advanced from VT30 to Attack Squadron 122 in late 1964 and then to Attack Squadron 145 onboard the RANGER. Dengler was known to his shipmates as something of a renegade; the ops officer was always after him to get a haircut and Dengler was forever in trouble over his uniform or lack of ...
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Learn about Dieter Dengler, a German immigrant who became a U.S. Naval Aviator and escaped from a Vietnamese prison camp after six months of torture. Read his biography, his dream of flying, and his motto "Keep Moving".
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Jun 20, 2007 · In fact, Lieutenant Dengler was shot down six months earlier, 80 miles away. "Finding Dieter was an act of God," Colonel Deatrick later told the audience - about 200 servicemembers and their families - during a question-and-answer session that followed the June 19 showing of the film.
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Twenty-three days after the escape, Lieutenant Dengler was on a rock along a riverbank - alone now, desperate and losing hope -- when an Air Force A-1E "Skyraider" plane flew overhead. He began frantically waving a palm frond at the aircraft, catching the pilot's eye.

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Who was Dieter Dengler?
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 – February 7, 2001) was a German-born United States Navy aviator who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War. After six months of imprisonment and torture, and 23 days on the run, he became only the second captured US airman to escape during the war.

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What happened to Dieter Dengler?
In February 1966, during a bombing run near the Laos-Vietnam border, Dieter Dengler’s plane was shot down. He was captured and for 7 days was interrogated by a province chief. At first the talk was civil. But things took a violent turn after Dieter repeatedly refused to sign a statement attacking America and its “murderous” policies.

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Who were Dieter Dengler parents?
But Dengler was on the move his entire life. Life started for Dengler in a small village in Germany's Black Forest region. Dieter Dengler's parents were Ernst Dieter Dengler and Barbara Wagner. His father, Ernest, a bookbinder by trade, was drafted into the German Wehrmacht in 1939 which was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.

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Was Dieter Dengler a good pilot?
But Dengler was a good pilot, although his flying career was brief. On February 1, 1966, U.S. Navy Lt. Dieter Dengler launched from the aircraft carrier USS RANGER in an A1H Skyraider as part of a four-aircraft interdiction mission near the border of Laos.

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How did Dieter Dengler become a national hero?
Dieter Dengler became a national hero. His story was in every major newspaper and television broadcast. He received the Navy Cross, one of America’s highest military honors. He lived a colorful life post-military, opening a German restaurant, becoming a pilot for TWA and marrying three times. He even traveled back to Laos after the war.

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Dieter Dengler was a German-born United States Navy aviator who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War. After six months of imprisonment and torture, and 23 days on the run, he became only the second captured US airman to escape during the war. Of the seven prisoners of war who escaped together from the Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos, only he and Thai citizen Phisit ...