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Dieter dengler may 22, 1938 february 7, 2001 was a germanborn united states navy aviator during the vietnam war and later a private aircraft test pilot and commercial airline pilot. Dieter dengler s escape from the pow camp and survival in the laotian jungle is certainly still heroic. Buy escape from laos book club bcebomc by dengler, dieter isbn. The real gene debruin played in the movie by jeremy davies was spoken of highly by dengler. In the 1990s, with both of us living in the san francisco area, we became friends. May not include supplemental items like discs, access codes, dust jacket, etc. The book then covers dengler s return to civilian life briefly and his love, loss and sad ending. Dieter denglers great escape from laotian pow camp historynet. He was rescued after 23 days on the run following six months.

He was rescued after 23 days on the run 1 following six. Dieter dengler, shipmate and friend bruce henderson. Behind enemy lines was an inspiring book filled with true stories of brave americans who demonstrated strong acts of courage and patriotism. But there was no reason to devalue and defame debruin to tell dengler s story. If thats true, then the only reason for this book is that dengler was the first prisoner to escape from southeast.

Best book i read in 2007 and im squeamish about war narratives. Dieter dengler in a 2000 interview on the real gene debruin. Dengler was shot down over laos, and held captive until his escape. Herzogs film is starkly at odds with dieter dengler s own book escape from laos, and dengler s statements in the documentary little dieter needs to fly 1997, when it comes to the character of gene debruin. While i tend to avoid real lifethemed works in fiction, i do enjoy reading history books, biographies and memoirs. We decided to do a book together about dieter s life before and during vietnam, and pitched the idea to several publishers.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The ranger and its warplanes, including the skyraiders of va145, had just repositioned from dixie to yankee station following a short workup off the waters of south vietnam in the. An american pilot shot down over laos in 1966 tells of his inhuman. In 2001, dieter lost the ability to eat or speak coherently. Dieter dengler biography facts, childhood, family life. When navy bomber pilot dieter dengler turned up alive, six months after. Navy pilot, dieter dengler, and his escape from a north vietnamese pow camp in 1966. This feature has been long on the mind of herzog, who film for film is the most original and challenging of directors. The story is revolved around the vietnam veteran and a navy pilot, dieter dengler, with whom herzog could identify and relate to. I shudder to think what details were edited out of this book.

Rescue dawn dvd king county library system bibliocommons. In 2000, dieter dengler was diagnosed with als, known by many as lou gehrigs disease. I always felt that one day i would write more of dieter s story. The life of dengler is full of hardships, from the childhood in the war devastated germany, to the frustration caused by the struggle for the pilot position in the aviation forces to the crash landing of his plane.

Buy escape from laos book online at low prices in india. German born pilot dieter dengler was shot down in laos. He refuses the idea of sitting idle in the laotian camp, and. The real dieter dengler story not mooseshits bullshit. Lieutenant dengler, played by actor christian bale, was captured and subjected to brutal torture. Diagnosed with lou gehrigs disease als in 2000, dieter died on february 7, 2001. Hes resourceful when it comes to creating tools and originally worked as a toolmaker with the specific intent to learn something useful. Dieter dengler interview the truth about rescue dawn youtube. I met dieter dengler when i was 14 and he was a guest in our home. It was a portrayal that contradicted the facts presented in the books by dengler and henderson. Dieter dengler may 22, 1938 february 7, 2001 was a germanborn united states navy naval aviator and pilot during the vietnam war and later a private aircraft test pilot and commercial airline pilot.

During the vietnam war, skyraider dieter denglerwho had learned survival skills as a youth in germany and who was a navy legend for his extraordinary. He also told me many stories that are not in the book. Dieter dengler is the subject of the book, hero found by bruce henderson. This book compares the 2007 film, rescue dawn, with the real life story of dieter dengler. The author did a tremendous job in writing the book. He used the real dieter dengler in a 1997 documentary named little dieter needs to fly, in which he took dengler back to the jungle, and together they recreated his escape while dengler provided a breathlessly intense narration. Dieter dengler, a pow who escaped a laotian torture camp during the vietnam war and chronicled his experience in the book escape from. What happened to gene debruin how hollywood robbed an. He did not know his father, who was forced to join the german army when he was an infant and.

Dengler documented his experience in the book escape from laos. Rescue dawn, eugene debruin and dieter dengler bruce. Rescue dawn, eugene debruin and dieter dengler june 3, 2010 by bruce henderson 2 comments hollywood has long taken liberties when it comes to telling true stories and depicting real lives, but in werner herzogs film, rescue dawn, his overthetop depiction of a wisconsinbred american pow held captive in laos was egregious. Escape from laos by dieter dengler 1979, hardcover for. He was buried with full military honors at arlington national cemetery. Most of all, we miss the living presence of dieter dengler, who died five years ago. Dieter dengler and duane martin arrived at the prison about two. Based on herzogs 1997 documentary little dieter needs to fly, which told the story of dieter dengler, a germanamerican pilot who was shot down over laos during the vietnam war and held captive in a prison camp, rescue dawn reimagines dengler s tale as a strange, survivalist adventure, replete with wondrous shots of nature and. Bruce henderson served with dengler aboard uss ranger in 1966. Rescue dawn tells true story of vietnam pow rescue u. Escape from laos livros na amazon brasil 97808217112. The real dieter dengler had a very thick german accent, and christian and i were quite clear. Comparing the movie, rescue dawn, with the real life story.

Dengler, however, adopts a lighthearted perspective on these events, leaving the impression that his laotian travails did not fundamentally change his life. Dengler returned to california, and has written a book, escape from laos. Escape from laos on february 2nd of 1966, us navy lieutenant dieter dengler was flying his first combat mission over north vietnam from the carrier u. Dieter dengler interview the truth about rescue dawn. Herzog, werner, the making of a true story, documentary feature on the. Dieter dengler was born on may 22, 1938 in wildberg, in the black forest region of badenwurttemberg, germany and was raised by his mother alongside his brothers. Escape from laos is dieter dengler s account of the time he spent as a pow in laos, including his escape. Dieter dengler, a pow who escaped a laotian torture camp during the vietnam war and chronicled his experience in the book escape from laos, has died. I also recommend the film little dieter needs to fly where dengler himself takes one back to the scene of these. Dieter dengler, who was shot down in 1966 during a topsecret mission to destroy viet cong strongholds in laos.

After months of imprisonment and torture he escapes. Dieter cares especially about functionality and specifically asks for his equipment to be customised in order to improve the efficiency. When we met him in little dieter, he was driving in a solid car, living in a stolid middle class house, having spent the rest of his life as a test pilot he managed to survive four more. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. This book is an amazing story and excellently portrays the life of a brave american. By then, i had written nearly twenty nonfiction books. Learning to fly, dieter dengler speaks about werner herzog. The batman begins star was shopping for snacks late one night at a whole foods supermarket when rolf dengler, the son of real life prisoner of war dieter dengler, approached him in the aisle. It showed dengler lived life to the fullest and bravely chose when to end it. Sense of history drives writer to tell pow tale sfgate. He is taken captive by the vietnamese army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a vietnamese prison camp. Escape from laos by dieter dengler 1996, paperback for. He was one of two survivors the other being pisidhi indradat, out of seven prisoners of war s, to escape from a pathet lao prison camp in laos. If herzog was so intent on twisting events and characters for dramatic purposes, he.

Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a deathdefying escape. Read about bruce henderson and his quest to write full story of dieter dengler s life. Shot down over laos, dieter dengler crawled out of the twisted wreckage of his skyraider and into an epic struggle for survival that would tap all his resources of strength, courage, and will to live. Dieter dengler may 22, 1938 february 7, 2001 was a germanborn united states navy. Escape from laos is dieter dengler s account of the time he spent as a pow in. He was one of two survivors, the other being phisit intharathat, out of seven prisoners of war who escaped from a pathet lao prison camp in laos. If herzog was so intent on twisting events and characters for dramatic purposes, he could have used fake names for fake personas. I saw miss saigon the musical this afternoon, and tears were running down my face, because it was so real to me what happened to the gis, and the girls and the children who.