dengler, dieter

The true story of how Dieter Dengler, a US Navy pilot, led a daring mass escape from a prison camp in the Laotian jungle during the Vietnam War.

Tells the true story of Navy pilot Dieter Dengler who led and organized an escape from a P.O.W. camp in the Laotian jungle and returned to his aircraft carrier, emaciated and ill, six months after being shot down.