Re: Captive in Korea news

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
>