Robert Bergdahl said he began growing the beard as soon as he received news of his son’s capture.
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Ah yes the normal behavior for the father of an American soldier POW...
why John McCain’s dad grew one...
and the father of Jeremiah Denton...
and then there were the fathers of the crew of the Pueblo..
The fathers of Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, George Washington and Andrew Jackson may have already had beards but they probably let them get quite scraggly and didn’t groom them....
Beards for our Boys...tied with yellow ribbons of course...
And Jimmie Carter chose not to light the National Christmas Tree.