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Childhood Photograph of Andre (right) and Paul (left) from the Doris Maitland Collection

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Andre and I grew up together; he lived directly next door.
In our eary childhood, we often played together and shared scouting adventures.  He was like my older brother.

I was in college when word of his loss came from home. It was hard to believe that he was missing.This empty feeling has lingered inside me since 1966 but it wasn't until about 15 years ago that I was able to act on it.The POW/MIA movement then spured the declassification of documents and I was able to find data and  people that  could answer many  questions.Over the years, I accumulated an enormous amout of information and submitted it to the JTFFA.

The voluntary assistance of three Vietnamese witnesses has completed the story. All that remains now is to get Andre's body back home.