Hero: Seaman Doug Hegdahl
Hero: Seaman Doug Hegdahl [October 15, 2026] Douglas Brent “Doug” Hegdahl III is a former U.S. Navy sailor and Vietnam War POW known for an extraordinary act of intelligence gathering while imprisoned at the Hỏa Lò Prison (the “Hanoi Hilton”). Today, I’m calling him a hero. He enlisted in the Navy in 1966 after high school. On the… Read More »