(Ron) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

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.

For the same reason you should admire "Captain Johnson," NOT Kramer!