“Dengler’s actual POW experiences are the centerpiece of the book, and, thanks to Henderson’s storytelling skill, these scenes often read like a first-rate suspense novel… poignant in its details. An engaging tale of a harrowing POW experience.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Bruce Henderson has done it again: vividly portraying young men at war and showing us the stuff from which Homeric heroes are made. Absorbing and thrilling.”
—Vincent Bugliosi, author of Reclaiming History and Helter Skelter
“In Hero Found, Bruce Henderson’s writing is meticulous and compassionate, the kind of writing that comes from observing a moment in history up close, wondering about it for decades, and then returning to the scene to understand it once and for all.”
—Amanda Ripley, Time magazine and author of The Unthinkable
“This account of one of the most remarkable and thrilling episodes of the Vietnam War has been written with the understanding and feel of a shipmate of Dengler’s aboard the carrier Ranger. But there is no gold plating or false heroics. In his tough and gritty narrative, Henderson has deftly captured the pungent environment of the Navy’s carrier pilots at war. Among the very best of its genre.”
—Admiral J. L. Holloway, USN (Ret), Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1978
“Hero Found tells the compelling larger-than-life story of Dieter Dengler, a true U.S. Navy hero. Having flown many combat missions from the deck of Ranger during the Vietnam War, I found this page-turner to be extremely credible and well researched. At its heart, Hero Found is the inspirational story of the valor and heroism of Dengler, a man on a mission, whose quest was to remain ‘alive and free.'”
—Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, USN (Ret)