Special thank to Steve Golding for his help in, once again, turning the Empire State Building yellow, in honor of our POW/MIAs.

A Man of His Word - We may not always agree with him, in fact, we will probably never agree with him, but we believe Bob Jones, the new head of DPMO is a man of his word. That is why we were thrilled to receive his letter dated August 7th, 1998.

In that letter Mr. Jones stated: "Scientists count on the power of mtDNA typing to provide the necessary supporting evidence to make an identification in conjunction with many other factors. MtDNA is not used as the primary or sole means of identification."

So Folks - Don't expect to see an identification of Kenny Plumadore or Victor Apodaca, anytime soon. As for the identification of CIL-HI 0048-86 as Mark Judge, forget about it.

Ignoring the fact that Kenny Plumadore had all his wisdom teeth removed before he entered the Marines, there are no "other factors" to indicate the small piece of jaw bone with wisdom teeth, in the Yreka grave is Kenny Plumadore.

As for the small piece of bone CIL-HI tested in an attempt to identify Victor Apodaca, there are no "other factors" to indicate the remains are those of Victor Apodaca. This is confirmed by a "Memo for the Record" dated 19 Oct. 1994. Referencing "Telecon between Mather and Helgesen, CILHI, this date" Paul Mather writes "Mr. Helgesen could not shed light on the SRV rationale for alleging these to be Apodaca's remains. He shared my opinion that apparently someone, perhaps the "smuggler," had come up with the Apodaca name."

As for CIL-HI 0048-86, (Mark Judge) there is simply no way to identify these remains, at this time. According to a "Close Hold" memorandum dated 24 June 1994, "This case can only be resolved through the use of mtDNA as a primary means of identification."

We've proven that mtDNA is useless as a primary means of identification. Remember, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) in a March 1997 letter totally backtracked on the mtDNA identification, of CilHI 0048-86 as mark judge. The unique match to the Judge-Jellison family became a one of 64 matches from a database of 742.

A piece of jaw bone, a piece of hip bone, and at this point a truly Unknown Vietnam Serviceman can not possibly be identified as Kenny Plumadore, Victor Apodaca, and Mark Judge, as there are no "other factors" to point to their identification.

Speaking Of That 1 of 64 Matches - We need to correct an error. We previously suggested that all family members who supplied blood for mtDNA testing contact their casualty officer to see if they are one of the 64 matches.

We have since learned that the database of 742 used for that test was not made up solely of POW/MIA family members. The database of 742 included samples from POW/MIA families, criminals from the FBI, and contribution from the British database made up of British Nationals.

While it is possible that the 64 matches came from within the POW/MIA family samples, it is also possible that CIL-HI 0048-86 could have matched one or more of the nations 10 most wanted.

Did You Ever Ask Yourself - In our research, we all come across many documents which the intelligence analyst, at the time, correlated to men who did not return. Thirty years later, from their air conditioned offices some "analyst" deems that source, and his report a frabrication. We all know that all reports are not crediable. But, all reports are not frabrications. Yet, that is what DoD would like us to beleive.

Were the real time analyst incompentent? Could they sit across from a source, look him in the eye, read his body language, weigh his information deem him crediable and be wrong everytime. No! it is simply not possible for them to be wrong everytime.

The real time intelligence was good and the analyst handling it were good, very good. But, these men are not speaking out. So, the debunkers thrive and every report relating to a man who did not return, and can not be explained away by correlation to a returnee or Garwood, is a fabrication.

Speaking of the real time intelligence, if you haven't already read former POW Frank Anton's book "Why Didn't You Get Me Out" get yourself a copy. Read it and learn just how good U.S. intelligence was. U.S. officials knew exactly where Frank Anton was during his captivity. They knew when he was moved up the Ho Chi Minh trail, to Hanoi. They even took pictures.

The following is excerpted from "Why Didn't You Get Me Out" - "It was a black - and - white, high resolution picture of a man walking toward the camera lens, which was below the level of the ground where the man was walking. I studied it carefully for two or three minutes and then said that I could not recognize him and had not idea who he was. The two debriefers looked at each other and smiled, and one of them said, "It's you." I said that of course it wasn't me, and they said oh yes it is. Then I stared long and hard again. Finally, as if a veil were lifting, I acknowledged in surprise, "It is me!"

"The picture had been taken during the march up the Ho Chi Minh trail. I hadn't seen myself in a mirror for three years by then, and I had no idea I looked that bad - emaciated, hunched over, face drawn. I asked the obvious "Who took it?" They smiled again and said, "We really can't tell you that." Once again I'd learned that my country knew exactly where I was."

"I asked how the Pentagon knew about my capture, but all that the debriefer said was that "we have people out there, not necessarily American." I couldn't escape the conclusion, which I kept to myself, that the Pentagon knew a great deal more about missing soldiers than it was willing to tell, even to the family of a captured army helicopter crew chief."

Think about this, if Frank Anton had been one of the non-returnees, and some researcher, 30 years later, found that source's report, it would have been deemed a fabrication. That photo would have been stamped "codeword classified." It would have never seen the light of day.

Fortunately, Frank Anton came home and shared his experiences with us. If you can't find "Why Didn't You Get Me Out" in your bookstore, contact Frank at FAnton@aol.com