Hello Nedra, thank you for the reply. I am not sure if the man you describe is the same one I knew as my father. My father was never in the military and he was not adopted. Since Alan Derrick was not his real name I have always wondered if he assumed someone else's identity and was using it as his own while in the North. Perhaps someone he met in the USA, perhaps the man that raised you, the REAL Alan Derrick. It is a possibility. Do you have any pictures of your Alan that you could send me and are you able to tell me the time frame when you knew him or when he was married to your mom and Marianne? I guess a picture and some dates would help us to determine if we are indeed connected to the same Alan Derrick. I am assuming if you are on this message board you are like me in that you have always wondered what happened to him? Perhaps if we find out he is one and the same a mystery will finally be solved!