“The Incredibly Stupid One” (Stories from The Vietnam War)
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“The Incredibly Stupid One”
The Vietnam War. Douglas Brent Hegdahl found himself in the notorious 'Hanoi Hilton'.
Realising the seriousness of the situation, Doug made the decision to play dumb.
As it turned out, it was an excellent tactic.
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Created by Daniel Turner
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:
Chris Kane
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🧠"The Incredibly Stupid One" was in fact very clever...
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Im is mor ststupit
lie
A silent killer this one could be
@free mind it because he was not the stupid one
@hi
Fun fact: He was in the same prison as US Senator, Presidential candidate , and war hero John McCain.
They still teach Doug's story at sere
Forest Gump
Why does you look like Jose Rizal?
Plot twist, the VNmese let him go to encourage anti-war protest in USA
I wonder what Doug thinks of the traitor Jane Fonda.
4:51 Narrator:"He would approach the trucks and pour a small amount of dirt into their fuel tanks" Animator: tH3 M073 th3 m4rrIRRy3rr
I mean... he WAS kind of dumb for not paying attention to rules about being on deck
Amazing story and an amazing man, it just goes to show you should never underestimate the stupid ones.
Lieutenant Commander Stratton probably had a different view about the Navy after his release.
"Write us an antiwar statement!" "Gladly!" "Wow... Uhh... Here are some paper and a pen." "Uhh... Uhh..." "What's the problem?" "I... I can't read or write..." "Is he...? Are you serious? _Sigh_ "
More like the incredibly clever one
Everybody gangsta til the sole survivor from fallout 4 gets put in a vietnam labor camp
I though it was Jose Rizal... But yes he is, in the alternate Universe
The only military tactic I am able to do very well.
The animated Stratton is the spitting image of Willem Dafoe...
So this is why it’s called Simple History. Because it’s history from an American perspective.
It’s amazing how acting stupid he was doing some of the smartest things while in the camp
0No surprise that the most evil ones were of oriental disposition . Must be a trait that runs in the blood of people from that part of the world
Người mỹ nói dối việt nam
Whats this narrators name? Hes one of my favorites
if he was a fallout character his luck would be 3 and intelligence at 8
if he was a fallout character his luck would be 3 and intelligence at 8
Vietnamese:"SPEAK!!" Doug:"im stupid" Vietnamese:"understandble,enjoy your stay"
That story was 👍
cut the vocal cords of all North Koreans
This is so cool seeing an episode about Doug, he is my 3rd cousin. i know pretty distant but i've grown up knowing about his story and actually had the opportunity to interview him over the phone about his experiences for a school paper. Very smart man who went on to instruct survival techniques for the U.S Navy later in his career.
So Joe Biden didn’t dodge the draft after all.
He’d make the emperor Claudius or Brutus from the age of Roman kings proud
I got to listen to this old Lieutenant tell the story of how he was in captivity underground for 3 years. Im assuming it was true seeing as it was a military party. Still crazy. N to think at the time I was mad cuz we couldn't play outside when he told it lol
Vietnamese: Tell us the American secrets! Dug: No you tell me the American secrets!
Anybody notice that guy look like jose rizal Its phillipine hero
Took 2 days for his ship to realize
Viva Vietnam Independence
This guy bitching at the paris peace conference about torture meanwhile amerikkka: here have some agent orange Vietnam
It's good to know I would survive if I got captured by the Vietnamese
He got more help for learning. In a war FROM THE ENEMY. MORE THAN WHAT THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS GET TODAY!!!!
I remember my grandpa telling me about this story, I think he was on that boat.
no stupid will ever be safe after enemies sees this video
testifiying about the brutal tortures of the vietkong wooow and what about the atrocities commited by the americans
Brilliant. "Poor dumb farmer's child" He know that story would make any Vietnamese soldier's heart sank!
"If it's Stupid and it works, It's not Stupid"
The only thing this video is missing is about five more ads. Plenty of room for more guys come on!
Reminds me of the fictional Herbert Einstein in 'The Hundred-year-old man who climbed out a window and disappeared'.
They probably thought he was one of "Mcnara's Morans." I'm sure they have had experience with low IQ POWs before so they probably werent suprised
I hate Vietnam
This is gay.
So the stupid one or ones are the vietnamese guards
When everything fails just play dumb :)
Video is a little short to warrant a double intro ad and 4 more throughout, don't you think?
Funny....when they talk about us soldier never hard people coming from California
I thought something was going to happen right at the end with those two guards...
I didnt know being me for once could not only save me but hundreds of people
Both officer 70 years later: Tôi đã nói với bạn rằng anh ấy không câm! ( I told u he is not dumb!)
I would’ve love to see the faces of the guards when this sailor appeared on TV
“I was only pretending to be retarded” -Joseph Joestar
Meanwhile Peter Griffin is in Vietnam in a clown costume because the enemy is looking for army guys.
Savages... we should have nuke them back to the Stone Age!!!
If they had made a movie about his life in the 70s Tom Lester (Ebb of Green Acres) could have played him to a tee!
My brother told me starry of a US army paratrooper and Medal of Honor recipient that fought with only a pistol and bag of grenades. Can you a video on him
how stupid do you have to be to believe a POW is so dumb he cant read or write? POWs would prob say all kinds of wild stuff to not disclose plans. What terrible military interrogated him? Just like the ones who didnt catch the POW blinking an SOS on live TV. Oh, but can you do a video on the POW in Vietnam who pretended to ride an invisible motorcycle and just made motorcycle noises all day and night to drive the guards mad?
Beware the intelligence of the incredibly stupid one
Now I’m scared, is my class clown secretly a government scientist pretending to be stupid?
Just saw a photograph, my God he did look really dumb. So I don't judge the N. Vietnamese guards too harshly for believing so. See for yourself. mainemilitarymuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hegdahl-Doug.jpg
This is where Tropic Thunder got most of its plot from haha
Who talked about me? 👁️👃👁️
Well shame on him that the torture was only the thing that we know the pilot were some rich noble people of U.S that day. A rescue took out a time to happen but all the prisoner are move to Maison Centrale after that (due to some Big F*cking Rain that day thanks to U.S as well). The pilot was treat better just for some infomation about the B52.
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This is before Guantanamo.
Forrest Gump in the flesh
How dumb are they to think that the enemy send an actual Idiot as a military personnel?
He was lucky to be in a Vietnam prison, if the Vietnamese agreed to transfer him to Soviet the Russian will sure make use of him as a test subject for their insane science test 🤣🤣🤣 just like what Americans did
Or probably he was really that stupid and the american propaganda made up this whole story. "Sponsored by McD"
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Mohammad was the leader of the 3 stooges..
I think he was one of McNamara's morons and wasn't faking it at all.
Me: So how did you survive Doug: I was a dumbass
In fact : Letting him back to US because he is too dumb is actually nonsense to normal people and army,but NVA did that on intention ,release him so he could tell other about US soldier captured by NVA,as well as increase chance to negotiate and even war protesting in US,that is a win - win situation,since Doug isn't precious as a pilot after all
So the guy that got blown off of the boat by a giant gun everybody knew could blow you off of the boat happened to pass himself off as being very stupid eh? Brilliant.
So did his memory go something like this Old MacArthur had a farm E-I-E-I-O And on that farm he had an officer E-I-E-I-O With a Col John Smith here And Cpt Ethan Hawk there Here a Lt Peterson there a Lt Harris Everywhere an officer
Is this a new Archer season?
Godo thing America ultimately failed, we don't need more white masters in Asia.
When the smartest thing to do is to be dumb
The "outskirts of the shore"? Really?!?!
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who else expected the story of "Real life Forrest Gump"?
Has this been made into a movie yet and if not how tf has no one thought to make it into one?
this man: i sacrificed intelligence do achieve high charisma
Simple Jack
Fun fact: the USS Canberra was originally supposed to be called the USS Pittsburgh but was scraped because of the loss of the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra during the Battle of Savo Island.
NVA Guard to his teammates: “Man, I rally miss Doug. Such a good guy.” All mutter in agreement. Another guard: “ Yeah, but at least the trucks are finally running better. Not sure what was up with that mess.”
Santo Santo Viejo viejo Santo Santo Viejo viejo Santo Santo Viejo viejo Santo Santo Viejo viejo Santo Santo Viejo viejo Santo Santo Viejo viejo
He was stupid - he fought for the US empire
The stupid one is the one who believe their fight for honor in Vietnam.
I would agree but due to propaganda people would have been made to think differently
Ohhhh, Doug just put all of his skill points into luck and charisma, but left intelligence a 1.
The origin of Mr. Bean
Fun fact the USS Canberra was named in houner of the HMAS Canberra which was an Australian light cruiser that sank during the battle of Savo Island during the 1st battle of Guadalcanal.
Mga pilipino: jose rizal?