13 Facts About Cork Graham

Cork Graham is a former combat photographer, who was imprisoned in Vietnam for illegally entering the country while supposedly looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd.

Cork Graham enrolled in the College of San Mateo and became a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, but he dropped out without graduating.

Cork Graham returned to Southeast Asia in April 1983 intending to be a photojournalist.

Cork Graham arrived at Bangkok, planning to photograph the conflict in Kampuchea.

Cork Graham was invited on a treasure hunting expedition off the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc.

Cork Graham's morale was in pretty good shape and the indications were that he was getting a good, balanced diet, fish and vegetables, and any medical attention he needed.

Cork Graham's father established a "Free Freddie Fund", and on May 18,1984 Cork Graham was released after his family paid the $10,000 fine.

Cork Graham said "I feel great" when he arrived in Bangkok on his way home from Ho Chi Minh City.

Cork Graham returned to America 40 pounds lighter than when he had left home, and doctors diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Cork Graham returned to Vietnam in 1999 to reconcile with his past.

Cork Graham has provided consulting services on PTSD, as well as lecturing on the hunting of feral pigs.

Cork Graham appeared on Discovery Channel's 2015 series Treasure Quest: Snake Island as the treasure hunting team's leader during season one and two, where Discovery Channel used Graham's personal history to bring credibility to a fully scripted reality TV show.

Cork Graham persevered through a three-year lawsuit against the Discovery Corporation, in order to keep his First Amendment rights, and his memoir available on bookshelves.