The last time that any of his fellow prisoners heard from him, Captain Versace was singing God Bless America at the top of his voice from his isolation box. Unable to break his indomitable will, his faith in God, and his trust in the United States of America and his fellow prisoners, Captain Versace was executed by the Viet Cong on 26 September 1965.
Thank you so much for flagging me to this! I will pass it to all I know and send my letter tomorrow!
Sabertooth, please, could you use your ping list on this one? Thank you both!
"For that guy, duty, honor, country was a way of life. He was the finest example of an officer I have known. To him it was a matter of liberty or death, the big four and nothing more. There was no other way for him. Once, Rocky told our captors that as long as he was true to God and true to himself, what was waiting for him after this life was far better than anything that could happen now. So he told them that they might as well kill him then and there if the price of his life was getting more from him than name, rank, and serial number. Im satisfied that he would have it no other way. I know that he valued that one moment of honor more than he would have a lifetime of compromises."
Cannot add to that at all ... there is no need.