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One More Trip to Find Sean Flynn …

31 Jan

It is not too late to help Rory Flynn and Mike Luering, and Tours of Duty to go search for Sean Flynn!

 

Tours of Duty is preparing to return to Cambodia to continue the search for Sean Flynn and the journalists who disappeared more than 55 years ago. The mission is moving forward with optimism—and support right now will directly strengthen what the team can achieve on the ground.

This is a moment for those who believe in truth, history, and bringing closure to families still waiting.

Join the effort. Share, donate, and help carry this mission of hope forward.

Sean Flynn didn’t just report the war.
He fought in it.

In Cambodia in 1970, Sean Flynn — a photojournalist and the son of Errol Flynn — was credited by U.S. Special Forces with fighting alongside Green Berets during combat operations.

In one documented incident, Sean is widely credited with helping save an Australian platoon under fire, standing his ground when others could have fled.

He was not embedded for comfort.
He was there because people were dying — and he refused to turn away.

Weeks later, Sean Flynn disappeared.

He was never seen again.

⏳ WHY THIS SEARCH CANNOT WAIT
For more than 50 years, intelligence fragments, witness accounts, and field reports have pointed to specific locations in Cambodia where Sean Flynn may have been held or killed.

But Cambodia is changing rapidly:

Jungle terrain is being cleared

Development is erasing historic sites

Witnesses who knew the truth are aging or gone

If these locations are not searched now, the opportunity may be lost forever.

This mission represents one of the last viable chances to search for Sean Flynn using modern forensic technology.

THE MISSION
Tours of Duty is deploying a veteran-led recovery team to Cambodia to investigate long-standing leads tied directly to Sean Flynn’s disappearance.

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This mission includes:

️ Drone and LiDAR surveys of high-probability locations
Ground verification of sites tied to witness testimony
Local interviews conducted before knowledge disappears
Field logistics that allow teams to stay long enough to work thoroughly

These tools did not exist when Sean vanished.
They exist now.

WHY SEAN FLYNN DESERVES TO BE FOUND
Sean Flynn was a son.
A brother.
A journalist who refused to be a bystander.

He stood with soldiers under fire — and then disappeared without a grave, without confirmation, without answers.

His family has lived with that silence for more than half a century.

This mission is not about fame.
It is about honor.

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Sean Flynn fought for others.
Now we fight for him.

This mission may be our last real chance to bring him home — to replace rumor with truth and silence with answers.

If you believe courage deserves remembrance,
If you believe families deserve closure,
If you believe heroes should not vanish into history —

Help fund the search for Sean Flynn.
Help bring him home.

Some people document history.
Some people change it.

Sean Flynn did both.

We are going back for him.

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— David DeWitt

 
 

Mail Bag! Thomas Scalzo’s Errol Flynn Robin Hood and Beyond A Pictorial Biography

15 Jan

The Mail Bag brings us news of Thomas Scalzo’s forthcoming Errol Flynn Robin Hood and Beyond A Pictorial Biography. Thomas send us some rare pics and information:

 

Looking forward to this new book on the ‘ol boy, Thomas!

Thanks …

 

— David DeWitt

 
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MailBag! Rory Flynn Mike Luehring and Tours of Duty Search for Sean Flynn

10 Jan

Today’s Mailbag comes from Rory Flynn and Mike Luehring with an import message!

The mission is accelerating as Tours of Duty and Mike Luehring prepare to return to Cambodia. Every hour matters. Conditions in the area tied to my brother Sean’s disappearance are changing, and without swift action, we could lose access to ground that may finally hold answers.

Moments like this don’t wait.

Access shifts, people move on, and critical information can vanish. Tours of Duty is ready—but reaching the field requires immediate support for travel, local teams, and equipment.

Please donate today. Stand with us. Be part of this mission—and help bring us closer to bringing Sean home.
— Rory

 

PLEASE put “For Rory” or “For Mike Luehring” in your donation so they can track donations!

Feed the Veteran Search Team Departing in Just Weeks

The team leaves in a matter of weeks. They’re loaded, ready — yet we still need $4,450 to feed them.
$25 = one veterans’ meals for a full day of searching.

These aren’t paid guides or tourists. They’re veterans and Gold Star Family members returning to the jungles of Southeast Asia — not to fight, but to find those who never made it home.

Every mile they walk, every drone flight they launch, every unsearched crash site risks being lost forever: witness memories fade, jungle canopy reclaims the ground.

For just $25, you can provide a full day of meals for a veteran actively searching for our missing.

Why This Matters:
• $25 = one veteran fed for one day
• $100 = drone flights over a search grid
• $500 = mission-critical recovery tools

Your gift now makes it possible for them to go and stay until the job is done.

When you give, you are there in the field with them, providing the fuel they need to continue the search for our 81,000 missing servicemembers.

You are not just buying a meal. You are helping keep America’s promise: no one left behind.

Buy a meal. Fuel the mission. Bring them home.

Funds raised for a specific mission will support that mission whenever possible; remaining funds may be used to advance Tours of Duty’s overall POW/MIA recovery mission.

Journalist. Warrior. Hero. Still missing.

PLEASE put “For Rory” or “For Mike Luehring” in your donation so they can track donations!

Rory Flynn and Mike Luehring

Sean Flynn

Sean Flynn Candid

Sean Flynn in Son of Captain Blood

Sean Flynn with his mother film star Lili Damita

Tours of Duty Volunteers

Searching for the Missing



 

— David DeWitt

 
 

Mailbag! New Errol Flynn Biography from Patricia A O’Brian!

15 Nov

The Mailbag brings an item from Karl Holmberg!

A&U acquires Flynn biography

Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Errol Flynn, Patricia A O’Brien’s biography of Australian-born Hollywood actor Errol Flynn, known for his swashbuckling roles and controversial off-screen life.

Thanks, Karl!

— David DeWitt

 
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June 20, 1909 – October 14. 1959

15 Oct

— David DeWitt

 
 

07 Oct

In case you couldn’t ’find your copy of  the Wisconsin Journal Times, on June 21, 1941,

you may have missed this ad…and I don’t believe this profile will be showing up in Errol’s

portrait gallery.

Enjoy.

— David DeWitt

 
 

Mail Bag! A Candid Photo of Errol Flynn in a Car …

16 Aug

The Mailbag brings us a photo long buried in a trunk belonging to a pal of mine who says her grandparent took the image and she knows little else about it. We all know there must be such treasures in the attics of our older generation hidden from view. And here is one of those!

 

Thanks, my friend ..

 

— David DeWitt

 
 

It’s Your Birthday, Errol Flynn! June 20!

20 Jun

— David DeWitt

 
 

Mail Bag! Sean Flynn Remembered! From Mike Luehring …

03 Jun

From Mike Luehring’s FaceBook Posting:

Today we honor the extraordinary life of Sean Flynn—born May 31, 1941—not just as the son of Hollywood icon Errol Flynn, but as a man of rare courage, conviction, and purpose.

Sean was more than a war correspondent. Embedded with the Green Berets and MACV-SOG, he didn’t just cover the war—he lived it, fought in it, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Special Forces in active combat. When the moment came, Sean picked up a rifle and joined the men he had come to respect, not out of duty, but out of loyalty and shared risk. That choice marked him not just as a witness, but as a warrior.

In February of this year, Tours of Duty conducted a focused mission in Cambodia to further the search for Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, advancing casework in the very region where they were last seen in 1970. Our team, including veterans, forensic experts, and local partners, identified critical new leads and built local trust to support ongoing recovery efforts.

We also want to acknowledge Rory Flynn, Sean’s devoted sister. Her unwavering commitment to finding her brother has been a guiding light and a powerful testament to the love that endures through decades of unanswered questions.

Sean Flynn lived—and was lost—pursuing truth, honor, and brotherhood. Today, we recommit ourselves to bringing him home.

️ Happy Birthday, Sean. Your courage continues to inspire us. We haven’t stopped searching.

— Tours of Duty

FaceBook posting.

#SeanFlynn #MIA #POWMIA #GreenBerets #MACVSOG #VietnamWar #Cambodia #CombatPhotographer #NeverForgotten #RoryFlynn #ToursOfDuty #SearchAndRecovery #HonorTheMissing

— David DeWitt

 

Mail Bag! An Errol Flynn Flynn Costume!

03 May

Mail Bag brings us an email from a dear friend of mine:

 

David
I have to share this with you.

Last october my 16 year old grand nephew asked if I could sew him a costume for a party – didn’t refuse.  He wanted to be Don Juan after seeing EF in the Adventures of Don Juan.  Well, with so many costumes EF wore it would be a challenge so I told him I would create an entirely different Don Juan costume and below is the result.  He also wanted a sword.   Real if possible.

I have a friend who owns a collection of swords and took along my grandnephew so he could select just the right one.  He selected one I thought would compliment then got set in creating the costume but had to get his measurements and he stands 6’2.  Big challenge.

Sword was only a loner but because it was illegal to carry  a weapon I had to get permission from the police which they did but had to come to party as well.

The costume was a hit and as precautionary sword was only shown to those who asked and with police nearby.

My grand nephew had a wonderful time at the party and the sword was returned to its rightful owner.

You see how snappy my grand nephew looks in his costume but the sword is hardly  visible.

On a sad note the gent who loaned him the sword died the other night and their linking drugs as cause.  What a shock.  Funeral is Wednesday and as he requested long before his death he wanted some EF music played at service.  I checked my cds and am toying between the entrance of the gents in Private lives Eliz/Essex or the Sea Hawk when EF is presented to the queen.  Which In your opinion would be ok?

Grandnephew is now 17 and hasn’t asked for the imaginable this time but I’m sure he will.

Have a wonderful week.

 

— David DeWitt

 
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