A Brief Tribute. This weekend, while the liberal lefties were slurping their latte whatevers, playing with frisbies in Central Park or buying dope on the Santa Monica pier, the Navy commissioned the new guided missile destroyer, the U.S.S. Stockdale.
Those of us old enough will remember the Admiral for his courageous service to our country while he was held prisoner by North Vietnamese communists for seven and a half years, during the Viet Nam War. While in captivity Admiral Stockdale despite having both arms torn from their shoulder sockets and having both legs broken , managed to inspire resistance and confidence in his fellow prisoners; at one point in his capitivity Admiral Stockdale organized a clandestine worship service while being held at the Hoa Lo prison camp. When the guards broke in and began beating and kicking them he rallied his fellow prisoners by singing the “Star Spangled Banner.” He was held in solitary confinement for four years.
The liberal leftists will never know what makes an American hero because they are too caught up in their own selfish emotional delusions of what is right or wrong. One thing is certain – we know what an hero is and we will never forget the courage and service to our country of men like Admiral Jim Stockdale.
Beaudreaux
The Libs have no idea what it means to stand for something. I believe it is a mental disease, narcism.