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Dear Terry,
Thank you for your interest. I am sorry to hear of Mr. Gigantes condition. If you wish to spend your money sending me the arrticle, it will be well recieved. Do you mind if I forward this back to the Korean War mailing list? Yours, Martin Dunne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Lowe" <terryl@radiant.net> To: <martindunne@bigpond.com.au> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: 'Captive In Korea' > Dear Mr. Dunne, > > Tonight I did a search for 'Captive In Korea' on Google, and found the > following URL: http://www.ku.edu/~ibetext/korean-war-l/2001/12/msg00162.html > > Here we see a short posting where you ask: > I have just finished this supurb book. > Does anyone know what happened to Deane after repatriation? > > I followed the thread for a while, and saw that someone had advised you > that Philip Deane's real name was Philippe Gigantes, etc. The reason I > did that search was because I had just read a story in a Canadian > newspaper about Mr Gigantes. He is currently 78 years old, a retired > Canadian Senator, and unfortunately diagnosed with terminal prostate > cancer. He has led a truly remarkable life, both before and after the > Korean War, and has written 13 books (currently working on #14). I had > no idea we had a man of such accomplishments living in Canada, never > mind sitting in the Senate. > > If you send me a mailing address, I will spend $1 and mail you the > newspaper article - it's much too long to retype, and does not appear on > the newspaper's web site. The article was written by Jan Wong, who is no > stranger to fearless journalism herself (I can recommend her 2 books on > China). > > Sincerely, > > Terry Lowe > 209 - 317 East 8th Avenue > Vancouver, BC Canada V5T 1S1 > terryl@radiant.net > |