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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.
A postscript consisting of footage from Dengler's funeral in 2001 was later added to the film. Herzog subsequently directed Rescue Dawn, a feature film based on the events of Dengler's capture, imprisonment, escape, and rescue. That film, starring Christian Bale as Dengler, was released on 24 July 2007.
Rescue Dawn is a 2006 epic war drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog, based on the true story of Dieter Dengler (played by Christian Bale), a German-American pilot who was shot down and captured by villagers sympathetic to the Pathet Lao during an American military campaign in the Vietnam War.
Eugene Peyton Deatrick Jr. (November 17, 1924 – December 30, 2020) was a United States Air Force colonel, test pilot, and combat veteran.He is best recognized for his role in the rescue of United States Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler during the Vietnam War.
In 2017, his name, alongside fellow prisoners Dengler and Duane W. Martin, and two others, was added to a permanent exhibit on the USS Turner Joy, now housed in a Bremerton, Washington museum. [3] His name also appears on a brick in the Veterans Memorial Park's Ring of Honor in his hometown of Kaukauna, Wisconsin .
Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), ... Kansas, represented his home state of Kansas as a member of US House of Representatives and as a US Senator, and was the Republican ...
Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War is a 2010 non-fiction book by author Bruce Henderson. Hero Found is a biography of Vietnam War hero Dieter Dengler, a German-born United States Navy naval aviator who endured six months of imprisonment and torture before being rescued.
Dengler is a surname. It may refer to: Carlos Dengler (born 1974), American musician; Clyde Dengler (1899–1992), American politician; Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), German-American naval aviator and pilot; Frank Dengler (1853–1879), American sculptor; Gerhard Dengler (1914–2007), German writer, journalist, and editor