Thick Luck provides an insiders view of
U.S. Government and military efforts to
recover POWs and MIAs from the war in
Southeast Asia.  It is a compelling story
laced with adventure.  It also describes the
incredible sacrifices that members of Joint
Task Force Full Accounting (now the Joint
POW/MIA Accounting Command) and the
Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii
endure to find our missing heroes.

I led my Investigation Team on fourteen
expeditions to the remote and dangerous
jungles of Laos and Cambodia.  This was
the location of the secret war of Vietnam.  
The shadow filled jungles where Green
Berets led Prairie Fire Teams, and Navy,
Air Force, and Marine pilots fought behind
the scenes.  Over 600 of the these heroes
never came home.  My Investigation Team
of military experts searched these forgotten
battlefields for our missing comrades - we
found them - and we brought them home.
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Mist on the mountains, Xiangkoang Province
Sunset above BABC, Savannaket Province
Summit of Phou Pha Ti
Landing Zones - always dangerous
Rugged mountains of Houaphan, Province
Landing Zone challenges
Master mountaineer taking charge.
MI 17 Landing Zone
Functional Anti-aircraft gun
Endless jungle
Unexploded light mortar round
The "Plain of Jars" in Xiangkoang Province
Unexploded bomb
Thick Luck -
The Search for POWs & MIAs
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After a trek in Savannakhet Province.
Successful team which located a remote F4D.
Rudy Alvarez, Adam Pierce, myself, and Don Guthrie (pilot).
The first edition cover of "Thick Luck."

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copy of a short run -- keep it safe as a
collectors edition.
White-out on the mountain.
Trench dug in Cambdia looking for missing jounalists killed by the Khmer
Rouge. The chance of success without a precise location were remote.
The summit of Phou Pha Ti.
Doing whatever is takes to get results! If
you missed this step it was a long way down.