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In war there's trauma and PTSD it is more likely than unlikely
jordondave-2808520 April 2023
(2014) Unclaimed DOCUMENTARY

Many years after the Vietnam war, it was suspected that there were still American war veterans had yet been returned back to the United States Of America. These war vets left behind were called "Missing In Action", and although we've seen movies about them called "Rambo: First Blood Part II" and the "Missing In Action" series starring Chuck Norris, we've physically never seen an actual person who was a MIA soldier trapped in Vietnam(at least I haven't), until I stumbled onto this documentary. Which showcases two actual American war veterans who used to serve the Vietnam war by the names of Ted and Bob, and are active in terms helping and aiding American war vets, stumbled on to information regarding an American 'Missing In Actions' Special ops person by the name of Master Sgt. John Hartley Robertson during their travels in Vietnam after more than 40 years. Anyways, if anyone were to watch this documentary will see bureaucracy refusing to acknowledge that they're any living American soldiers left behind in Vietnam, and yet we've got this perfect example coming out of nowhere claiming to be an American soldier, but can only speak Vietnamese language as a result of living there such a long time. This is why it's called "Unclaimed", since both movie critics and gov'ts refused to acknowledge that an error had really been made. I mean, I've always thought that this can only happen in the movies like in the movie "Eraser" starring Arnold Swartzenegger, but I never thought it'd happen in real life. For all the critics or anyone else refusing to "like" this documentary is refusing his existence to exist. Period. Now, before some of the first soldiers were sent, the CIA used to send some Special Ops groups to partake into doing some of the fighting. And the name of Master Sgt. John Hartley Robertson used to be part of that Special Ops group employed by the CIA, meaning that this name was supposed to be labelled as "Top Secret". The fact that they're many skeptics to whether Master Sgt. John Hartley Robertson is dead, questions the integrity of the information coming from the Pentagon, since this guy claiming to be Master Sgt. John Hartley Robertson didn't just pull his name out of a hat- that name was more indiscreet than say much of the actual soldiers wearing tags. And because his name was supposed to be synonymous as a Special Ops group, makes it much more believable that he is who he says he is, and that the American bureaucracy not only owes him an apology but also money and sanctuary for each year he's supposed to be brought back. It has already been proven he's an American by his dental records, so why does he still have to be sent back when his life can be much better in the United States. Your guess is just as good as mine.

One viewer was wondering why the subject was speaking French, it is because French was a second language in Vietnam as they have a history with it;'s people. If you Google it you will know.
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1/10
Nice enough people help debunked scammer
kamamer6 May 2014
The subject of the film has failed two DNA tests and a fingerprint test. He can't speak English although he speaks fluent french (who was teaching him french in communist-era Vietnam?). He can't remember the names of his own children. Yet, the director thinks he's an MIA American. All we need to hear is he's a Nigerian prince with $22 million in gold. C'mon.

The director fails to do some basic fact checking and instead blames a long series of failed tests and problems with the man's claims on some shadowy conspiracy.

A movie short on facts and long on 1980s Hollywood-style conspiracy stories about MIAs. Don't waste your time.
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