Bull.
There were four POW/MIAs named Lee. None was a Marine. None was a helicopter pilot. (Three were jet fighter/bomber crewmen, one was a Navy petty officer lost overboard). None returned alive.
Someone has already posted the POWNETWORK.ORG listing. Here is the official page from the DOD.
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/pmsea_html_l.htm
I am sorry for Mr Lee and for the people who were taken in by him, but whatever he has or has not done in his life, he was never a prisoner, missing, or out of US contact in Southeast Asia, or he would be on the PMSEA list. In thirty years, the list has never been corrected, except as remains are recovered, and as deserters return to face the music.
It gives me scant pleasure to bust a phony on Veterans' Day. But the Japanese used to say, "Dusty is heavier than a mountain."
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
IT, please see my Post #50.
Chuck and Mary's list is absolutely trustworthy, but this link is official and is all you need to put the definitive kibosh on this story.
So that makes -- the Mayor of Atlantic City, this apparently non-political guy, and a Congressman from Mass. (Delahunt, CD-10) outed this election season. Naturally Delahunt went on to win running away....
I bet I could talk to Mr Lee for ten minutes and have an accurate picture of his helicopter piloting achievements. Hunch says, nil.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Kudos to everyone who contributed to verifying that this man's story is bogus. (Actually, when reading it, it seemed a little too-too to be believable.)
Clarence Lee is a liar and poseur. Having participated in the exposure of hundreds of phony SEALs, I could tell he was lying just by the story he told.
It's a shame, because he is hurting his wife and all the people who believe him.