US soldier ‘found alive’ in Vietnam 44 years after being left behind

[#1 ruger fan]

Have any of you seen this story?

http://www.thejournal.ie/missing-vietnam-vet-found-john-robertson-885986-Apr2013/

Ever since people have started talking about pow/mia's I have wondered about service men left behind or deserted unkowingly. I figured there was a chance that a few "slipped through the cracks". What do you guys think?

Its a sad story anyway.

 

[Abbsnkan]

A ton of Americans in Thailand, but I'm sure nobody would willingly fall off the radar.

 

[dunkel]

I'm sure we did leave a bunch of soldiers over there, but this one seems to he a hoax.

 

[Smiter]

Appears DOD looked into it in 09:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/pwmia/S134_4/2.pdf

 

[mickbear]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...rs-earlier-is-exposed-as-a-fraud-8597350.html

 

[JRolin]

My high school friend and battle buddy in the Army, transferred to Army Intelligence in 2004. He was relocated to Hawaii.

He worked with a group that did nothing but search for POWs in SE and Coastal Asia. Im aware of 4 that were recovered specifically. There were others.

Just cause the guy listed above is not a true story does not mean that this **** does not go on.