To: oh8eleven
He was beaten senseless a number of times, causing early-onset dementia.
Basically, his compass was badly damaged.
Then he was cast aside by his tormenters.
Along came his angel, the gal who cared for him, and within him, was the light that he was able to see.
7 posted on
04/25/2013 8:31:32 AM PDT by
First_Salute
(May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: First_Salute
What a horrible, horrible fate to befall one of our soldiers. Our government should have moved mountains if necessary to find him. We should never declare a soldier killed in action unless we have the body or pieces of it.
It pains me that being an American I am part of the society that left him behind. He was a prisoner, he had no choice in the matter until after they destroyed his mind with torture. Once your mind is gone you are no longer responsible to do anything a normal person would do.
What a tragic, horrible story.
10 posted on
04/25/2013 8:43:04 AM PDT by
JAKraig
(Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
To: First_Salute
Basically, his compass was badly damaged.
Not damaged enough that he couldn't learn Vietnamese. A very difficult language.
14 posted on
04/25/2013 10:33:19 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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