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TIL on 1969 the pilot Pete Matthes was declared missing in action in the Vietnam War. In 1978 he was declared killed in action. In 1992 Pete’s secret pilot authenticator code was detected from a satellite photo outside Dong Vai prison in North Vietnam. His Body never was found.

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