Came across this story in today's Toronto Star about a new documentary "Unclaimed" about John Hartley Robinson, declared dead in 1968.
"Special Forces Green Beret Master Sgt. John Hartley Robertson had forgotten how to speak English over the 44 years since he was left behind in the Vietnam War. But he never forgot that he was a father, husband and an American soldier, born in Alabama, shot down over Laos in a 1968 classified mission.......

......Robertson says he was confined to a bamboo cage in the jungle by North Vietnamese captors and, accused of being a CIA spy, was tortured for a year. Confused and badly injured, he was released and married the Vietnamese nurse who helped care for him. He assumed the name of her dead husband. They had children.

Jorgensen believes audiences in America, where “they don’t hold anything higher than service to the country,” will “lose their minds” when Unclaimed screens at the G.I. Film Festival in Washington, D.C., in May. “They’ll come unglued.” ......."

Here's a link, includes an imbedded video, copy and paste it to your browser:
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/mo ... years.html

Story in today's Business Insider discusses possible fraud by a Vietnamese man who has been claiming to be John Hartley Robinson. Shouldbe really interesting what happens when the doc is shown at the GI Film Festival:
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-har ... med-2013-5
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Jessica Pierno, Public Affairs Director of DPMO, told us during a phone interview on April 30, "The man in the film is not Sergeant Robertson. He's a Vietnamese citizen and his name is Dang Than Ngoc."

Pierno knows this because she tells us that FBI fingerprint analysis determined Ngoc's fingerprints do not match Robertson's and that Armed Forces DNA samples from Robertson also failed to match Ngoc's. Pierno also states that Ngoc himself admitted to investigators seven years ago that he was lying about being Robertson.

Pierno says that admission was recorded at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City by one of several Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) investigation teams assigned to Ngoc's case throughout the years. "



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-har ... z2S4GwwElr

more from today's Toronto Star
"Meanwhile, the GI Film Festival in Washington, D.C., which will screen Edmonton director Michael Jorgensen’s film May 12 following its world premiere at Toronto’s Hot Docs, has posted a disclaimer on its website. It links to another photocopied government document, also obtained by the Star, dated 2009 and detailing fraudulent claims.

The GI film fest will still screen the film.

“Whether fact or fiction, Unclaimed is a fascinating story about a Vietnam veteran, Tom Faunce, who dedicates himself to bringing home someone he believes to be an American GI left behind,” the statement reads."

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/mo ... teran.html