--- WILLIAM ROZIER <EAGLE_WARRIOR@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From WILLIAM ROZIER Wed Apr 23 10:24:50 2003 > From: "WILLIAM ROZIER" <EAGLE_WARRIOR@xxxxxxx> > To: "Amanda Starnes" <ASTARNES@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > "billy" <w_griffinjr@xxxxxxx>, > "Catherine Cardwell" <bluetopazz_2000@xxxxxxxxx>, > "dixielawgirl" <dixielawgirl@xxxxxxxxxxx>, > "lori C" <misslorrie86511@xxxxxxxxx>, > "melinda rollins" <iveysmiles99@xxxxxxxxxxx>, > "Tina Butts" <tinabeezee@xxxxxxxxxxx>, > "SBlaze" <dagent.geo@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Fw: something you should remember > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:24:50 -0400 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Quent Floyd > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:16 AM > To: Beaty_Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx; cjl_31545@xxxxxxxxx; deloreto4@xxxxxxxxx; > dottie10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; EAGLE_WARRIOR@xxxxxxx; ekight@xxxxxxxxxxx; > fgb4jc@xxxxxxxxxxx; hall_martha@xxxxxxxxxxxx; hhines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > ikeenglish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jbieger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; JimmyM@xxxxxxxxx; > jqhollywood@xxxxxxxxxxx; jolierape@xxxxxxxxx; kay.mooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > kpasto1@xxxxxxxxxxx; ksimpson@xxxxxxxx; lady_bug_wells@xxxxxxxxxxx; > lilliemfrancis@xxxxxxxxxxx; mijackson@xxxxxxxx; qfloyd@xxxxxxxx; > r_bridgers@xxxxxxxxxxx; snorfleet@xxxxxxxxxxx; sieghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > stevielittle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; SUMMIEFISH@xxxxxxx; > tanyayarbrough117@xxxxxxxxxxx; TimberLandsSouth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > godawgstm@xxxxxxx; Wendy.Harkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Fwd: something you should remember > > > > > > > "The Pledge of Allegiance - Senator John McCain > >From a speech made by Capt. John S. McCain, US, (Ret) who > represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate: > As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner > of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our > imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or > three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions > of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. > This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct > result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few > hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. > One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named > Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. > He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he > enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to > Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and > was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep > appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military > provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. > As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some > prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages > were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got > himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he > created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. Every > afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt > on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the > Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our > day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed > the most important and meaningful event. > One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, > and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. > That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the > benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple > of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. > We cleaned him up as well as we could. > The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which > we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As > I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the > excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting > there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another > shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was > sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, > making another American flag. > He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. > He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us > to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country. > So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never > forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have > made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. > You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country. > "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America > and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, > indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." > PASS THIS ON... and on... and on!!!!!! > > > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > ===== "No touchy NO TOUCHY! 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