After being hit by small arms fire in Vietnam, the
helicopter — he remembers it as a Huey —
......The Americans were
taken to a POW compound where there were already
some 25 Americans held in a small, fenced-in area,
with only a small lean-to in one corner to shield
prisoners from the weather.
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Dear Mr. Brown.... I apologize for the quick call. I had to run to avoid being late. No man named Troy Tyndall was ever with any one of us, the real surviving 660 POWs of the Vietnam War, not even for a few hours or days. The official US Department of Defense list of all 3,797 listed as MIA (includes POWs, escapees, etc.), is at: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm Department of Defense has never heard of this guy in this regard. You can call DPMO directly during Washington, DC working hours. Talk to the Public Affairs Officer, Mr. Larry Greer at: at 703-699-1169. Mr. Greer is info copied on this message. I read the two articles on Mr. Tyndall. Probably, most of his story is a concocted mess of lies. For example, no Major named Williams was a POW in South Vietnam. No record of a helicopter loss on that date will be found. Tyndall will not give you the names of the POWs who supposedly were with him, the ones who refused to escape. In short, his story is full of lies....you can't believe anything he says. Ask him to sign a Form 180 so you can get his records from St. Louis. Also, I think you'll find that his records were not burned in the St. Louis fire. Most of the records lost were from the WWII era, not Vietnam. Mary Schantag can help you get his records. She can get an abbreviated copy without the signed Form 180. He needs to sign for the complete record. I can predict that he will refuse to do so. Most of our 1,400 + phony pow claimants refuse to sign. They refuse to sign because they know the full truth will see the light of day. There were only 30 escapees in the entire war...do you think this loser was one of them? The real escapees are members of this organization. Their names are available on the internet. This loser's name will only end up on the Phonies List at POW Network. http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies.htm Please contact Mary Schantag (info@POWNETWORK.ORG) for assistance
with your research. She is the real talent for these investigations.
You are welcome to use any letter from me for quotes, statements, etc. Sincerely, Captain John M. McGrath, USN (Ret)
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