U.S. Veteran Kept His Identity a Secret for 45 Years, Now He’s Shocking the World With His Story

Trapped

The Man recalled taking the American soldier prisoner and assigning him to a hospital bed because he was such a high ranking officer, the Vietnamese army assumed that he had some information that would be valuable to them. The man was assigned a nurse, who had orders to make him healthy as fast as possible.

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The More You Know

  • Hippos have the largest mouths of any animal on land.
  • Tarantula bites are about as painful as bee stings.
  • Crayola is literally "oily chalk."
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
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