I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.
Not long ago, I got to meet some troopers whose lives had been saved. They came with their wives, their children, their parents. It was a very moving occasion.
The proof is in the pudding when they come home. Will we have the data about their health, will we know where they were stationed, what their unit deployments were? I will need that information.
I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.
The PoWs went through something so horrible, you don't know who's coming back.
Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.
I carry the memories of the ghosts of a place called Vietnam - the people of Vietnam, my fellow soldiers.
My father and brothers were in the military.
I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one.