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CINCINNATI — Military workers and supporters from across the country joined in memorials Sunday for a slain Army reservist who had become a poignant picture of the war in Iraq after he was captured by insurgents. Thousands walked past Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin's casket during a daylong visitation at a civic center in Clermont County, east of Cincinnati, where he grew up. Many of them headed to Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds, for an afternoon memorial service. The crowd occupied the lower portion of the 42,000-seat stadium, behind home plate, stretching from first base to third....

CINCINNATI (AP) - Military workers and supporters from across the country joined in memorials Sunday for a slain Army reservist who had become a poignant picture of the war in Iraq after he was captured by insurgents. Thousands walked past Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin's casket during a daylong visitation at a civic center in Clermont County, east of Cincinnati, where he grew up. Many of them headed to Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds, for an afternoon memorial service. The crowd occupied the lower portion of the 42,000-seat stadium, behind home plate, stretching from first base to...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral of a young Ohio soldier whose remains were found in Iraq last month, four years after he was kidnapped west of Baghdad. Great American Ballpark, the home of the Cincinnati Reds, will host the memorial Sunday for Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin, who grew up in suburban Batavia. Maupin was honored Saturday by hundreds of mourners who lined the Cincinnati streets with American flags as a police procession led his casket to a memorial service. The 20-year-old was captured April 9, 2004, when insurgents attacked his fuel convoy. The...

CINCINNATI -- A two-day schedule of memorial services for a fallen Clermont County soldier will require military precision to successfully pull off. Sgt. Matt Maupin’s remains will arrive Saturday morning around 8 a.m. at the main runway at Lunken Airport, where his family will spend some private time together on the tarmac. A procession will bear his remains along state Route 32, which has already been decorated with yellow ribbons, through Newtown.

The father of Staff Sergeant Matt Maupin says two of his suspected killers face the death penalty in Iraq. However, Keith Maupin says that is for crimes against the Iraqi people, and not his son's death. Maupin was taken captive outside Baghdad four years ago. His parents went to Washington Thursday for new information on the investigation. According to Keith Maupin, the Pentagon says the military is looking for at least six other suspects. Maupin says the stability provided by last year's troop surge gave a tipster enough confidence to disclose the location of Matt's remains. "There's a lot of...

Army officials have told the parents of Sgt. Matt Maupin that some of the Iraqis believed to be responsible for their son’s capture four years ago are in custody, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday. “I know that there are at least two who are supposed to be put on trial, if they haven’t been already,” Keith Maupin, father of the Ohio soldier, told the Enquirer. Maupin’s remains were found March 20 in Iraq by U.S. soldiers, nearly four years after he was captured in a convoy attack near the Baghdad airport. Keith Maupin and the soldier’s mother, Carolyn Maupin, left...

Having heard talk of "God hates Soldiers" protesting the funeral of hero, Matt Maupin, whose remains have been recently restored to his family, I went to the devil's den at Westboro's website and found confirmation. From Phelps' own website, which I won't link to, because I don't want to give him traffic, comes this gem: Great American Ball Park 100 Main This is for the funeral of Army Staff Sgt. Keith M. Maupin. Thank God for another Dead Soldier! Whoohoo! That is some goodness right there! One item that I noticed only recently comes from Matt's family, and is information...

The parents of a soldier listed as missing-captured in Iraq for nearly four years will continue their work at an organization that has sent thousands of goody packages to soldiers, even though the reality is beginning to sink in that the Army has declared him dead. Keith and Carolyn Maupin and numerous volunteers have sent more than 9,600 boxes of donated toiletries, magazines and treats to soldiers in Iraq through the Yellow Ribbon Support Center, along with photos of Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin and a plea to help find him.

Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert...

EN ROUTE TO COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 31, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today expressed condolences to the family of a soldier whose remains were identified this weekend after he was captured by enemy forces in Iraq four years ago. The remains of Army Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin were positively identified through DNA over the weekend, Army officials announced today. Officials announced no additional details of how Maupin’s remains were found or how he died. “I just wanted to extend my condolences to the Maupin family,” Gates said during a brief meeting with reporters on his way to...

BATAVIA, Ohio — Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son.Their efforts included trips to the Pentagon and even meeting with President Bush, but they ended in disappointment Sunday: An Army general told them the remains of Maupin, a soldier who had been listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004, had been found. "My heart sinks, but I know they can't hurt him anymore," Keith Maupin said after receiving word about the remains of his son, who went by Matt. The Army didn't say how or where in Iraq his son's...

BATAVIA, Ohio -- The father of a soldier listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004 said the military has informed him that his son's remains were found in Iraq. Keith Maupin said an Army general told him Sunday that DNA was used to identify his son. Sgt. Matt Maupin was a 20-year-old private first class when he was captured April 9, 2004, when his fuel convoy, part of the 724th Transportation Company, was ambushed west of Baghdad. A week later, the Arab television network Al-Jazeera aired a videotape showing Maupin sitting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding...

(UNION TOWNSHIP, OH) -- Keith Maupin confirmed this afternoon that the remains of his son, Matt Maupin, have been identified by the army in Iraq. In a statement Keith said "We are proud of the continued efforts of the military and the army to return Matt to us. We must now work on efforts to return Matt.' "Please keep the military and our family in your prayers." Carolyn Maupin, Matt's mother said, "Thanks to everyone for their prayers and continued strength of the family." "It hurts after four years of hope and this is what happens it is like a...

Maupin's remains found in Iraq THE ENQUIRER E-mail | Print | digg us! | del.icio.us! | Click-2-Listen Sgt. Matt Maupin is dead, the parents of the missing Clermont County soldier said today. Maupin's remain were found in Iraq, nearly four years after he was captured by insurgents, his parents said. An Army general came to Clermont County today to notify them, they said. "Matt is coming home. He's completed his mission," his father, Keith Maupin, said. The Glen Este High School graduate was taken captive on April 9, 2004, when insurgents overran his convoy. He had been driving a supply...

I am again posting the story on one of our American heroes Army Specialist Ahmed Altaie. I have posted several times in past about Ahmed's case asking for anyone who reads the post to contact their Senators and Congressman to ask for an update on Ahmed's status. This was done in the hope that if there were enough inquires it would elevate the investigation into his whereabouts. To date: no new information has been received or released concerning Ahmed's status since March 15, 2007. Ahmed is a Iraqi American U.S. Army linguist soldier, from Ann-Arbor, Michigan who was kidnapped on...

According to local Cincinnati radio, the Maupin family of Batavia, Ohio, heard that the search for their missing son, PFC Matthew Maupin, is now being considered a search for his remains.

I would like to start a holiday thread for Matt Maupin and his family. We have so many great memories of family during this time of year. I dont want this Buckeye to be forgotten. Please keep it current and bumped. Born on July 13, 1983 in Batavia, Ohio, Maupin was a 3.5 grade-point-average student and football player at Glen Este High School in Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio. He graduated in 2001 and joined the U.S. Army Reserve and was assigned to the Army Reserve's 724th Transportation Company, from Bartonville, Illinois. On April 9, 2004, Maupin's fuel convoy came...

Keith “Matt” Maupin, the only soldier listed as captured in Iraq, has been promoted to staff sergeant, the Army announced Tuesday. Maupin, of the Army Reserve’s 724th Transportation Company in Bartonville, Ill., went missing April 9, 2004, when insurgents attacked his convoy using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Two soldiers and six American civilian truck drivers were killed in the attack outside Baghdad. Maupin was a private first class when he was captured. His 23rd birthday was July 13.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Army has promoted Sgt. Keith “Matt” Maupin, the only U.S. soldier listed as captured in Iraq, for the third time since he went missing after his unit was ambushed April 9, 2004. Maupin, who is known as Matt because Keith is also his father’s name, was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant as of Aug. 3, 2006, according to an Army announcement released Tuesday.

BATAVIA, Ohio (Army News Service, July 13, 2006) – Cake and ice cream, balloons, family, friends and presents – all ingredients for a birthday party held today in Batavia, Ohio. But scores of yellow ribbons decorating nearly every light pole, house and business within city limits reminded attendees that the guest of honor was missing. “It’s the third birthday he hasn’t been with us,” said Carolyn Maupin. Carolyn is the mother of the only missing American Soldier still unaccounted for in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin of the 724th Transportation Company was kidnapped just months before his 21st...

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 – As the Army Reserve observes its 98th birthday this weekend, the commander of U.S. Army Reserve Command today took the opportunity to honor the only U.S. soldier who remains listed as captured in Iraq, Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin. Army Lt. Gen. James Helmly noted the contributions and sacrifices Army Reservists are making in support of the global war on terror during a birthday commemoration here at the Pentagon. The Army Reserve was established on April 23, 1908. More than 150,000 Army Reserve soldiers have been mobilized since Sept. 11, 2001, and more than...

AP Photo/David KohlCarolyn Maupin, mother of captured Army Sgt. Matt Maupin, listens to a guest at the Yellow Ribbon Support Center, Saturday, April 1, 2006 near Batavia, Ohio. Nearly 30,000 pictures of Matt Maupin are circulating around Iraq, a loving effort by his parents to locate the only U.S. soldier still listed as missing since his capture two years ago. BATAVIA, Ohio -- Nearly 30,000 pictures of Matt Maupin are circulating around Iraq, a loving effort by his parents to locate the only U.S. soldier still listed as missing since his capture two years ago. Carolyn Maupin steadfastly hopes that...

Sunday will mark the second anniversary of the capture near Baghdad of Army Reserve Sgt. Keith Matthew "Matt" Maupin of Batavia, Ohio, the only U.S. soldier not accounted for in the three years of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While more than 2,300 U.S. service members have been killed in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion and more than 17,000 have been wounded, Sgt. Maupin is the only one officially listed as "missing/captured" and his whereabouts unknown. The sergeant's parents, Keith and Carolyn Maupin, think their son is still alive, even though the Arabic-language TV network Al Jazeera, reported June 28, 2004,...

Sorry it has been five months since my last update, but then, we have been busy. Let me give you the bottom-line up front (BLUF), and then catch you up on things. Feel free to forward this to whomever, since we still can’t seem to get the press to tell folks what is going on. This is how the fight is going from my foxhole, and it is much more than the bombings, US casualties, and rumors of civil war the press seems to be focused on.

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (March 5, 2006) -- It was an honorable mission. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, assisted recently in the search for Army Sgt. Keith M. Maupin remains. The recovery team consisted of U.S. Army and British soldiers. Test results confirmed that several partial sets of remains that were recovered were not American. Still, Marines and soldiers were proud to take part in the search to recover Maupin. “It is the noblest of missions,” said Gunnery Sgt. Brett A. Turek, a 37-year-old Mobile Assault Platoon commander from Hinsdale, Ill. “Fifty years from now,...

SPRINGFIELD - As an assistant district attorney, Stephen E. Spelman has handled his share of tough criminal cases. But nothing can compare with Operation Trojan Roundup, an attack on an insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad he helped to plan as a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel serving in Iraq. For his role in that dangerous mission and his participation in more than 250 others targeting terrorists and insurgents, Spelman, 50, has received the coveted Bronze Star for meritorious service in Iraq. The Bronze Star is the fourth highest combat award, the top being the Medal of Honor, followed by the Distinguished...

I received an email telling me that Micah Maupin, USMC, the younger brother of POW/MIA Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, was injured in a motorcycle accident the day before he was to come home for Christmas. Here is the information that I received: Matt’s younger brother, LCpl Micah Maupin, has been seriously injured at his duty station in California.He was in a motorcycle accident on Sunday afternoon and it wasn't looking very good, but he is improving. He suffered a broken neck, bruised lungs, and he fractured a some vertebrae. His C7 vertebra was removed because it was too fractured to...

Keeping hope alive By Robin Acton The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sunday, December 11, 2005 CINCINNATI -- One by one, Carolyn Maupin pulled snowmen and dusty yellow ribbons from the Christmas tree that has stood between the living room and dining room of her tiny ranch home since last year. After so many months, she had to redecorate it. She's not sure when, but a while back, the lights fizzled out, leaving branches dark beneath the ornaments and angels and flags sent with prayers from people she's never met. If prayers and yellow ribbons could bring him home, her son, Sgt. Keith...

The parents of a US solider missing in Iraq will meet with officials at the Pentagon. Army Reserve Sergeant Keith Maupin of Batavia, Ohio, has been missing since April 9, 2004, when his fuel-truck convoy was ambushed. He is the only soldier the Army lists as captured. Carolyn and Keith Maupin will talk to senior officials at the Pentagon and have a video conference with commanders in Iraq. Last June, Al-Jazeera released a tape claiming to show a US soldier being shot to death. But the tape was dark and grainy, and the Army says it hasn't determined if the...

The family of the only soldier the U.S. Army lists as missing-captured in Iraq will get a face-to-face meeting with military officials on the status of their son, days after the Ohio family complained about a lack of information from the government. The parents of Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin, of Batavia, Ohio, are being flown to Washington for a Pentagon briefing today. Maupin has been missing since April 9, 2004, when his fuel truck convoy was ambushed by insurgents west of Baghdad after leaving camp. "We're bringing the family to the Pentagon to provide them with a progress...

They kept low to the ground, their backs hunched, inching over the terrain. Some crept on hands and knees. They sifted sand in their fingers, overturned rocks and probed the scraggly bushes that survive in a desert. The sun battered them. Out here, they seemed to move as slowly as the hours. They sought a scrap of clothing or a fragment of bone. Some really weren't sure what to look for, but kept to the search, clinging to the faith that, somehow, when they saw it, they'd know it. So it went Saturday, in the ceaseless search for Sgt. Keith...

UNION TWP., CLERMONT COUNTY | — The parents of the military's only soldier listed as missing-captured said they've "had enough" of the Army's breakdown in alerting them to developments in the search for their son, Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin. "Twice now they've dropped the ball where we've learned about something happening with our son from other sources, like the media," said Carolyn Maupin, mother of the Army reservist, missing since his April 2004 capture by Iraqi insurgents just outside Baghdad. The Dayton Daily News was the first of several media outlets to tell the Maupins on Monday about a search...

Coffee cups featuring a quote by a gay author about growing up homosexual have been pulled from Baylor University's on-campus Starbucks. Aramark, which as the contractor for Baylor dining services oversees the coffee outlet, pulled cups from the campus store earlier this month after a university staff member sent out an e-mail complaining about the appropriateness of the quote at a Baptist university, Baylor officials said. The e-mail was sent on to Baylor dining services, which consulted with Starbucks' district office, which said it fully supported a decision to take the cup out of circulation to avoid offending others, Baylor...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 15, 2005) –This year’s observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day is on Sept. 16 and it has a special poignancy to those with ties to the remembered. As Americans, we should pause to remember our fellow citizens who were prisoners of war in a World War II POW camp – like the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor held in the Cabanatuan POW camp that is the subject of the current film, “The Great Raid” -- or who are still missing from the Vietnam War. It’s one thing, though, when that tie to those remembered is...

Even though the Maupin family has not been able to speak to their son in 16 months, they are taking steps to make sure others with family members in the U.S. military overseas can keep in touch. Keith and Carolyn Maupin of Batavia, through their Yellow Ribbon Support Center, are shipping computer equipment to soldiers stationed in Iraq. The Maupins' son, Army Spc. Keith "Matt" Maupin, has not been heard from since April 2004, after his convoy was attacked outside of Baghdad. A grainy video released later, claimed by an insurgent group to depict his execution, was ruled inconclusive by...

Republican nominee for the 2nd Congressional District Jean Schmidt met with President Bush in the Oval Office June 29. During that meeting, Schmidt was given a handwritten note from President Bush to be delivered to the parents of Sgt. Matt Maupin, the only U.S. serviceman listed as Missing In Action in the Iraq War. Schmidt flew to Washington, D.C. for a quick meeting with Bush. During that meeting, the president recognized a button with Maupin's photo Schmidt was wearing. Bush asked Schmidt about Maupin and then wrote the note asking Schmidt to deliver it to them. Schmidt gave the president...

A Centennial High School teacher has filed a second lawsuit alleging racism against the Howard County school system, this time adding the superintendent of schools and several school officials and staff as individual defendants. Michelle Maupin, a Centennial English teacher who is black, is suing the school system and Board of Education, along with Superintendent Sydney Cousin, Board of Education chairwoman Courtney Watson, former Centennial principal Lynda Mitic, current principal Scott Pfeifer and teacher Margaret Polek for $590,000 for civil rights violations and negligence. Maupin filed the 22-page lawsuit in Howard County Circuit Court May 13, after voluntarily dismissing a...

The Army promoted to sergeant its only Soldier listed as captured, Keith Matthew Maupin, effective April 1, 2005. The announcement comes today with the release of the decision by an Army board of inquiry that met April 6, 2005, to review the status of Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin. The decision, which has been approved by the Army Adjutant General, is to maintain Sgt. Maupin in a "Missing-Captured" status. Maupin was on a convoy in Iraq when he became unaccounted for during an enemy attack. A member of the 724th Transportation Company from Bartonville, Ill., he was subsequently placed in a...

The only Army soldier listed as missing and captured in Iraq was promoted this month to sergeant as Army officials vowed to keep searching for him. Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin of Batavia, Ohio, was reported missing after his fuel-truck convoy was ambushed on April 9, 2004, in a western suburb of Baghdad. The attack killed another member of Maupin's reserve unit, the 724th Transportation Company from Bartonville, Ill., and three U.S. contractors. Another contractor was captured but later escaped.

Saturday, April 9th, 2005, marks the one-year anniversary since the capture of local soldier Matt Maupin. In that year, the Tri-state has certainly not forgotten him. Support for is still very much alive, especially in Clermont County. Matt's hometown community of Union Township has been vigilant with its yellow ribbons throughout town. And the outpour has gotten Matt's parents through this first year one day at a time. After video of Matt held hostage by insurgent was shown across the world, friends and strangers came together to pray for his safe return. Vigils were held throughout the Tri-state, and yellow...

Family, friends pray for Matt Maupin's safe return By Reid Forgrave UNION TWP. - The cavernous church was consumed by one word, which was printed on a screen in giant yellow letters next to a photo of Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin: "HOPE" The 200 people who came to the First Baptist Church of Glen Este Wednesday evening to pray for the 21-year-old Union Township soldier, captured in Iraq almost one year ago, still hope - and pray - for his safe return. And they believe their only hope to secure Maupin's safe return is by turning to God. "Is...

BATAVIA, Ohio -- The only soldier the U.S. Army lists as captured in Iraq has been promoted to sergeant, his second promotion since he was abducted last year, the Army said Monday. The promotion of reservist Keith M. "Matt" Maupin was effective last Friday, said Maj. Elizabeth Robbins, an Army spokeswoman at the Pentagon. Maupin was promoted from private first class to specialist after his disappearance. He has been missing since last April 9 when his fuel truck convoy was ambushed by insurgents west of Baghdad. A board with the 724th Transportation Company, Maupin's unit based in Bartonville, Ill., promoted...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners. The posting, on a Web site that frequently carried militants' statements, included a photo of what appeared to be an American soldier in desert fatigues seated with his hands tied behind his back. A gun barrel was pointed at his head, and he is seated in front of a black banner emblazoned with the Islamic profession of faith, "There is no god but God and Muhammad is...

Friends of Missing in Action/Captured Captain Michael Scott Speicher, who was captured in the First Gulf War, and Family of Missing in Action/Captured Keith "Matt" Maupin, who was captured in Operation Iraqi Freedom, come together to send message of unity in bringing both men home. Keith and Carolyn Maupin, parents of Matt Maupin, will be guest speakers. Other speakers will include POW from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young, Jr. and author of military fiction Robert Gandt. i-Newswire, 2005-01-03 - On January 17th, 2005 Friends Working to Free Scott Speicher will host a prayer/candle vigil at Lake Shore...

A civilian truck driver missing in Iraq since an ambush in April has been found dead near the scene. William Bradley, 50, lived in Chesterfield, N.H., before going to Iraq nearly a year ago to drive trucks for Texas-based Halliburton Co., which announced the discovery of his remains. He was in a fuel truck convoy that was ambushed near Baghdad on April 9. Army Spc. Keith M. Maupin of Batavia, Ohio, and Mobile, Ala., resident Timothy Bell, also a truck driver for Halliburton, also have been missing since the ambush. Chesterfield resident Wilma Procter was Bradley's g

The yellow ribbons become noticeable perhaps three miles from the modest ranch house in Glen Este where Matt Maupin spent his boyhood, increasing in number the closer you get, until it seems every tree, every fence post and every mail box has sprouted a bright yellow bow. Everywhere, you see reminders of Matt. A tire store marquee exhorts passing motorists to "Pray for Matt." Similar messages are posted at a nearby florist, a convenience store and in assorted storefront windows. A 15-foot evergreen in the Maupins' front yard is a Christmas tree covered with yellow ribbons. The bus drivers showed...

ONE American serviceman's family got some relief yesterday — even as an other's agony dragged on. Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun showed up at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, after having disappeared from a Marine base near Falluja... <--SNIP--> No such luck for the family of Pfc. Keith "Matt" Maupin. For them, the horror of not knowing just keeps building.... <--SNIP--> Meanwhile, an American media obsessed with the events at Abu Ghraib can't seem to summon outrage over the calculated cruelty inflicted on Maupin's loved ones by his Islamist captors. The Geneva Conventions? Not for Pfc. Maupin. Such is to...

They've never talked publicly about the day their son was taken hostage in Iraq, but now they're ready to break the silence. The mother and father of captured Army Specialist Matt Maupin spoke candidly about their missing son. Tuesday marked seven months since Carolyn and Keith Maupin's son was captured when his convoy came under attack in Iraq. 9News reporter Shannon Kettler sat down with Matt Maupin's parents as they shared what life has been like for them since their son was taken hostage. "Its tough," said Keith Maupin, "I don't know what else to say. You do one day...

Carolyn Maupin prays that out of sight doesn’t mean out of mind for her soldier son, taken hostage in Iraq this spring. Courtesy of the Maupin family A poster of Spc. Keith “Matt” Maupin is posted “almost everywhere they will let us put one up,” according to Matt’s dad, Keith Maupin. Despite rumors that Spc. Keith “Matt” Maupin might have been shot to death by insurgents, the Army assures the Batavia, Ohio, family that troops in Iraq continue their search for the captured 20-year-old truck driver and Army Reservist. Keith Maupin believes his son was not executed. “My son is...

UNION TWP., Clermont County — Before Iraqi insurgents captured their eldest son, Army Reserve Spc. Keith "Matt" Maupin, Keith and Carolyn Maupin led quiet, unassuming lives in southwest Ohio. "We're just a plain old Midwestern family here," Carolyn Maupin said Tuesday. "But a lot has changed. There are no typical days, yet, but we're trying." That's difficult to do with their son still a prisoner, held since April 9 after an ambush on his convoy outside Baghdad. But the Maupins have received help — more than 10,000 cards and letters from well-wishers and supporters in their community and around the...