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BY CHRIS HANDAL
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Are there still prisoners of war in Vietnam,
so many years after our "peace with
honor?"
Many reports in the last few years seem to
indicate prisoners are still in Vietnam, and
this is the premise J.C. Pollock uses in his
first novel, Mission MIA.
The novel opens in the jungles of Vietnam
? in 1981 as American POWs wake up in little
more than animal cages. The Vietnamese
feed them just enough to keep them alive so
they can work.
In the camp is Frank Detimore, a
member of the Green Berets who has finally
smuggled a letter out.
Eventually, it reaches his wife in the
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Detimore, refusing to believe he is dead.
But when she goes to the Department of
Defense, she is rebuffed, told the letter is
probably forged and that her husband is
dead. The reason for this treatment? The
? issue of POWs in Vietnam is simply too
politically sensitive to deal with.
So she turns to an ex-Green Beret, Jack
Callahan, who served with Detimore in
Vietnam and whose life Detimore saved.
Callahan believes Mrs. Detimore and
agrees to help form a rescue team.
The novel develops from this point in a
predictable fashion, with Pollock not
providing many surprises for the reader.
The writing, at times, is also stale? as when
Callahan tells his team, "I want all weapons
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feeling of suspense and this is due to the
authenticity of the novel. Pollock interviewd
members of the Green Berets for the details
of such a raid into Vietnam.
This novel is also important because of the
subject it deals with. The possibility of
Americans still being held in Vietnam needs
to be confronted and the author does this in a
medium that has \pide reader appeal: the
thriller.
v/ne issue ronocK aoes skirt is the political
reasoning for not demanding a full account
of our troops listed as missing in action.
Though Pollock touches the issue, he uses it
only as a device for leading Mrs. Detimore
to Callahan. The writer fails to develop this
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possibly the most fascinating part of the
book.
This complaint aside, Pollock provides an
exciting account of the liberation of the
Americans, spending the last quarter of the
book on this action. The description of the
invasion, from the dangerous high altitudelow
opening jump at night to the actual
battle, whisks the reader along to the end of
the book.
An excerpt from Mission MIA soon will
appear in Penthouse magazine, which
should broaden the novel's exposure.
Regardless of the book's shortcomings, it
should be read and the questions it raises
should be answered.
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David Fuller is a musician
who loves his music. You can
tell. You can tell if you get a
chance to talk to him
because when Fuller starts
talking, he's like a racehorse
out of the gate ? describing
his experiences with local
bands, broadcasting, the
recording business and with
his present band, Four-Lane
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Fuller is a 1972 USC
graduate who now works at
WIS Radio 56 in Columbia.
But he's been with his music
a lot longer. "I was playing
in clubs when I was 16,
telling my parents I was
going to the library or
something," he recalled
when I talked to him
Thursday.
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musician," Fuller said. "So I
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as Frank Smoak, T-Bird
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Fuller has had varied
experiences in the area,
reaching regional popularity
with a group called Lion
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however. Four-Lane 41 is no
soft pop/rock band. Rather,
the group is...well, Fuller
says, it's hard to say. "We're
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orientation toward rhythm
and blue " to other members'
taste for ballads, Latin beats
and harder rock.
Four-Lane 41 will be
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