GLENN MABSON

On 9 Oct 2004 at 3:42, GlennEFM@aol.com wrote:

....Because of the time, effort, and stress involved. I simply told Joe (and you) that I was not a POW, I was not in the armed forces, nor was I in any way, associated with that horrible action which took place in Southeast Asia during that (Viet Kong) war.  To tract down verifications, witnesses, and testimony to prove the opposite is mute, to something that I couldn't care less about in any way, especially 35 years later.

Again  ,thank you for your courtesy, you truly are a

representative of our country                    "MAHALO"

                                   Glenn Mabson

From:  OSD-DPMO           (Note - DPMO is the Pentagon office responsible for tracking ALL POW/MIAs, military, Civilian and FORNATS)

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:45:50 -0400

Then let's have the specific name of that "national news organization," and the specific dates you were captured and released, and the location of each.

From:                    GlennEFM@aol.com

Date sent:               Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:25:18 EDT

Subject:                 (no subject)

 

........, Aloha .... Of course, I will supply you with the proper information regarding this error. First, I must remember, and locate some of the individuals involved, if they are still alive after so many years. I will contact a person in Los Angeles who may assist in making this possible.

 Be advised, that I will be in breech of an agreement I made with

that news  corp. by referring to them in any way. The news item

was released in error, and excused that one time. I'll make every effort to supply any, and all, information regarding this matter However, I will not violate the contract. I'm not interested in being accused of a falsehood, I could care less, but I am of being sued.  

                                   "MAHALO"

 

Epileptic Foundation of Maui founder Glenn Mabson ....
by Nikki Chipman

.....

Mabson was taken to “The Duck Bill,” an area of land shaped like its name, where prisoners were taken to be tortured or traded. During the year and a half that he was kept there, Mabson underwent severe physical trauma, which progressed from daily beatings to severe forms of torment that his captors created for him. Since he was a civilian, rather than a soldier, the Viet Kong thought Mabson was a spy and punished him accordingly. They made him dig a hole that was as deep as he was tall, and line it with bamboo shoots. He was forced to stand in the hole while it was filled with dirt so that he was trapped up to his neck, with only his head above ground. He was then left in that position for days, on the side of a walkway. The Viet Kong soldiers would walk by and kick him in the face, knocking out all of his top teeth. If it were not for the soldier’s bare feet, the blows would have killed him.

The prisoners were usually fed a bowl of rice and a handful of vegetables per day, but most of their nutrition came from the cockroaches. Mabson says, “Those huge cockroaches that fly around here in Hawai`i are the same as the ones we had to eat in Vietnam. Most people don’t know that they are 100% protein. They taste horrible, but they keep you alive.”

Mabson’s overseas experience came to an end after he was burned so severely with a Hibachi that he went into a coma. With the grill, his captors burned a deep ring around his leg and then repeated the procedure every day until he had lost all consciousness. When he woke up, he had been traded and was being treated at a hospital in California. Initially, his leg was going to be amputated, but antibiotics calmed the infection enough to save his limb. Now, almost forty years later, Mabson can walk alright, but his scars are still clear...

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