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I'm curious if you've seen his full from actual census records.

Yes, I have. According to the US Census, Madelyn's brother's name is Charles W. Payne. He was born in 1924.

Unfortunately, I am in the middle of deleteing hundreds of emails I am getting from a site named, "The Open Government Dialogue." I made a single comment there this AM and have been bombarded with email comments all day -- hundreds of them.

I've lost key emails trying to delete them.

I remember where I got the Census data and will try to obtain it again. Probably won't be until the AM.

It's time for my poker tournament.

Thanks in advance, Beckwith. I’ve not been able to find any census records. I thought I’d seen some record of them in the past. If a middle name is mentioned, this should clear up whether he had a W or T for middle initial.

Also, in the link I provided of Payne talking about his experiences, there are photos of he and his wife with Obama, archive photos of the concentration camp, but no old military photos of Charles Payne from his time in WWII. I was surprised since the whole article was about him and his experiences from that time. A photo of him in uniform would also clear up which branch he served in.