Recondo was the code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Daniel M. LeClaire. Growing up in Wheaton, Wisconsin, Recondo came to hate the cold and longed to travel to exotic jungles. By age seventeen, Recondo had become a pilot, flying helicopters and prop-jets. When he joined the Army, he spent time in climates all over the world and found that he immediately took to the hot and humid jungle. He was a Cadre member at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, and became an expert on jungle survival and warfare. Recondo finds the jungle soothing and acts as if he owns it, and that anyone else is trespassing.

















