Lost soldier found in Vietnam 44 years after being shot down

Documentary tells the story of elderly man who claims to be Sgt John Hartley Robertson

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A 76-year-old US Army veteran is thought to have been found living in a remote Vietnam village, 44 years after he went missing in action.

The man, who claims to be Sgt John Hartley Robertson, a former Green Beret who was shot down over Laos in 1968, is unable to speak or understand English, does not know his date of birth or the names of his wife and two children he left behind in America. He is now the subject of a documentary by Emmy-award winning filmmaker Michael Jorgenson.

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