On April 6, 1967, 20-year-old Douglas Hegdahl, a farm kid from South Dakota, was knocked overboard from the USS Canberra in the South China Sea. By dawn, he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.

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1. On April 6, 1967, 20-year-old Douglas Hegdahl, a farm kid from South Dakota, was knocked overboard from the USS Canberra in the South China Sea. By dawn, he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.freerepublic.com · en · 2026-10-30 01:15 UTC