An Incredible Saga of Seaman Hegdahl - American Hero - Page 14

Old MacDonald's Farm

"So what?" you might say. The so what is that when they threw him out of Vietnam, and throw him out they did, he came out with 256 names that Joe Crecca had taught him memorized by service, by rank and alphabetically; next to each name he had a dog's name, kid's name or social security number to verify the quality of the name which we had picked up by tap code, deaf spelling code or secret notes. He still has those names memorized today and sings them to the tune of "Old MacDonald Has a Farm."