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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...
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  • Filmproduktion, and premiered on German television. The film follows the life of Dieter Dengler, in particular being shot down during the Vietnam War and his capture...
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  • 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...
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    Vietnam War. He was killed by locals two and a half weeks after he and Dieter Dengler escaped from a Pathet Lao prison camp. Martin became a commissioned...
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  • Pathet Lao prison camp. In 1966, he and six other prisoners, including Dieter Dengler and Phisit Intharathat, attempted to escape. DeBruin's date of death...
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  • Dengler is a surname. It may refer to: Carlos Dengler (born 1974), American musician Clyde Dengler (1899–1992), American politician Dieter Dengler (1938–2001)...
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    documentary Grizzly Man. Herzog studied the pilot Dieter Dengler in his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly, which he later remade into the 2006...
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    since 2019. Robert E. Cushman Jr., 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps Dieter Dengler, aviator and POW escapee Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida Bob Dole...
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  • hero Dieter Dengler, a German-born United States Navy naval aviator who endured six months of imprisonment and torture before being rescued. Dengler survived...
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    with the same title. In 2006, he portrayed German-American aviator Dieter Dengler in the war drama Rescue Dawn. Despite positive reviews, the film was...
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  • retiring. Phisit Intharathat was portrayed in films about Dieter Dengler (notably Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Rescue Dawn by director Werner Herzog)...
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  • (1976–2021), Australian actor Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), American Vietnam War veteran Dieter Dierks (born 1943), German musician Dieter Eiselen (born 1996), South...
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  • American singer and actor. Patrick Dean (1976–2021), American cartoonist. Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), German-American aviator POW. Papa Bouba Diop (1978–2020)...
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    States Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler during the Vietnam War. The rescue was recounted in the Werner Herzog films Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Rescue...
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    awards, an Army DSC and an MOH) James Charles Dempsey, (two awards) Dieter Dengler Clarence E. Dickinson, (three awards) Danny Dietz Glynn R. "Donc" Donaho...
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  • his capture, the 74-year-old Kim escaped to China. June 29, 1966 – Dieter Dengler, Pisidhi Indradat, Duane W. Martin, Eugene DeBruin, Prasit Promsuwan...
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    French general and political leader, captured at Verdun, POW 1916-1918 Dieter Dengler – United States Navy pilot who escaped a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos...
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    German filmmaker Werner Herzog, in which Bale portrayed US fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, who fights for his life after being shot down while on a mission during...
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    missing, presumed dead. While on his first mission, Navy pilot Lt. (jg) Dieter Dengler took damage to his A-1J over Vietnam on 1 February 1966, and crash-landed...
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  • What's My Line? Jane Delano (1862–1919), Director of Army Nursing Corps Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), US Navy pilot shot down over Laos who escaped from a Pathet...
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  • were captured by the Pathet Lao. Escaped Pathet Lao prison camp with Dieter Dengler, Duane W. Martin and others on 29 June 1966, last seen alive on that...
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    Cross recipient and brother of President John F. Kennedy. Lieutenant Dieter Dengler, USN: Navy Cross recipient. Ensign Jesse L. Brown, USNR: first African-American...
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    capturing over 2,400 RLA soldiers.: 183–7  20 July Lieutenant (j.g.) Dieter Dengler, a U.S. Navy pilot, became the second and last American to successfully...
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  • Chiara Mastroianni (voice) Pride Jim Ellis Terrence Howard Rescue Dawn Dieter Dengler Christian Bale Rise of the Footsoldier Carlton Leach Ricci Harnett Romulus...
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    story of German-American Naval aviator Dieter Dengler. After his Skyraider was shot down in 1966 over Laos, Dengler endured months of captivity and torture...
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    came to Thailand in August 2005 to direct this true story of US pilot Dieter Dengler and his escape from a POW camp during the Vietnam War. It stars Christian...
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    Chilson Rhonda Cornum Winfield Scott Cunningham Bud Day William F. Dean Dieter Dengler Jeremiah Denton James Devereux Michael Durant Gabby Gabreski Harold...
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    scenes were filmed in the high school's boys' gymnasium. Naval aviator Dieter Dengler built a home on Mount Tamalpais, near the Mountain Home Inn, and lived...
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  • of the war. 1997 Germany, UK, France Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog Documents Dieter Dengler's experience as a POW in North Vietnam, and his...
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  • startup. . 14 Nov 2007 Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog's film recreates the ordeal of US pilot Dieter Dengler, shot down over Laos. . 13 Nov...
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