Hero found : the greatest pow escape of the Vietnam War


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Henderson, Bruce. Hero found :  The greatest Pow escape of the Vietnam War. 
2010.

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This is the true survival story of the incredible drama of the pilot, Dieter Dengle, who overcame insurmountable odds and lead a  mass escape from a POW camp deep in the Laotian jungle.
Only a handful of Vietnam War POW's escaped captivity. Dieter Dengler, a German born navy pilot shot down on his first mission over Laos in 1966 and taken prisoner by the Pathet Lao in a remote jungle camp. Tortured and nearly starved to death, Dengler led his fellow prisoners in a daring escape, miraculously he survived 23 days in the jungle before being spotted by an inexperienced pilot flying over the incredibly dense jungle just over the border of North Vietnam.
Henderson adds new material to the already told story, based on interviews with Dengler who died in 2000, along with new archival records.
This gripping account set in the Lao Jungle sheds new light on the already told true story.
Werner Herzog has made a documentary and a riverting feature film with Christian Bale, called Rescue Dawn.