And there was also Dick Bolsted, my Dad's best friend who was shot
down over N. Vietnam in his A-1E and spent 6-7 YEARS in the Hanoi
Hilton. When he was finally released from prison in 1973, Bolsted
later went on to assume command of one of the first new F-16 squadrons
in the USAF inventory. With all due respect to Bader, losing both legs
is *nothing* compared to surviving unimaginable torture for 6-7 years
in the Hanoi Hilton.

But there is not really a need to compare one, or pit what happened to one,
against the other. We can admire BOTH, and countless others, for what they
endured, and how they overcome.


Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter