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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 25 MIN

Vanished in Vietnam

from The Obit Project · host Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville

In 1965, Montanan pilot Dean Pogreba pulled up into the clouds over North Vietnam and was never heard from again. That left his wife and kids to always wonder: Was he still out there? Over the years, a few clues and stories gave his family hope. Maxine Pogreba lived her own full life before and after her husband died, but without someone to bury, she had to find her own path of grief and memory. Reported and narrated by Charles Bolte, alum of UM Journalism’s graduate program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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