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To: susangirl
One of those whom he was an inspoiration to in that horrid prisoner camp was 1st Lt. (at the time) James Rowe. He later said (before his own death at the hands of communists in the Philipines in 1989) the following of Rocky:

"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. I’m 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.

64 posted on 12/21/2001 11:21:11 AM PST by Jeff Head
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To: Jeff Head;HighWheeler
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.

No need to add anything...except a bump! And a ping!

65 posted on 12/21/2001 11:37:47 AM PST by SusanUSA
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