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However as soon as a breakthrough seemed possible, the news uncovered by the Red Cross proved to be another dead end. Again, Peggy learned Billie was missing in action while another claimed he was dead. It seemed that no matter where Peggy turned, there was no concrete news about her husband.
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Finally Peggy decided to write her congressman, in the hopes he could finally uncover the truth. In 2005, she wrote a letter to Rep. Mac Thornberry of Texas, who was the vice-chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Thornberry replied and said Billie was “still listed as ‘missing in action’ in the National Archives.” But this wasn’t the case.
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