Question: Facts: - battles: vietnam war - nickname: bobby - birth date: 1 april 1946 - serviceyears: 1964 -- 1973 - name: robert russell garwood - branch: 20px united states marine corps - birth place: greensburg , indiana - rank: private Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert r. garwood .
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robert russell garwood -lrb- born 1 april 1946 in greensburg , indiana -rrb- is a controversial former vietnam war prisoner of war -lrb- pow -rrb- .garwood was a united states marine corps private first class when he was captured on september 28 , 1965 at da nang , quang nam province during the war .often cited as the last verified american pow from the vietnam war , garwood was taken to north vietnam in 1969 , and reportedly was released in 1973 along with the other american pows .however , he did not return to the united states until march 22 , 1979 .garwood is listed either as having volunteered or been forced into a work group repairing a generator at lien trai i , one of the yen bai reeducation camps near hoang lien san mountain in northern vietnam .other reports describe him as working at an unnamed '' island fortress '' in thac ba lake , north vietnam , or having been kept behind in mainland labor camps as a driver and vehicle mechanic .garwood was judged by the department of defense -lrb- dod -rrb- to have acted as a collaborator with the enemy .in 1998 , the department of defense changed garwood 's status from returnee to awol/deserter/collaborator .garwood has repeatedly denied all charges of collaboration .he also accuses the department of defense of trying to rewrite history to make him seem a liar to downplay his 1984 claims about pows left behind .garwood insists he saw other american prisoners of war after 1973 and insists he himself had been held prisoner for 14 years , though there are inconsistencies in his story .many former pows claim to have seen garwood apparently collaborating with the enemy , though some feel he should not have been court-martialed .over a period of 11 months , garwood faced a general court-martial at camp lejeune , north carolina .he was found not guilty of desertion , solicitation of u.s. troops in the field to refuse to fight and to defect , and of maltreatment .private first class garwood was convicted on february 5 , 1981 of communicating with the...