The Mad Bomber of Hanoi...

[Mumbles]

This is a must read from former POW, Dick Stratton.

http://tailhookdaily.typepad.com/

 

[VetteMuscle427]

+1 for the read.

Those 'Lessons Learned' are clutch.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Great read, thanks for the link!!:thumbup_1

-ea6bflyr

 

[MIDNJAC]

Cool story just below it too, about the "Saints" and the kid w/ cancer

 

[zipmartin]

Saw Dick Stratton speak to a group back in '84 up at Newport. Kept us spellbound for a couple of hours that seemed like only 15 minutes. Possibly one of the finest speakers I've ever seen.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Good read. Made me wonder why he did SERE twice though.

 

[MasterBates]

Some of us get to go twice if we are lucky.

<----Been twice. Maine & SanDog. Both suck.

 

[voodooqueen]

That "Mad Bomber" is a great story teller--thanks.

 

[Mumbles]

Bates, you're the only other mofo in the Navy, (besides yours truly, and Stratton) that have been in the Gulag at both sites... I always thought that I was special.

 

[Tex_Hill]

Americans seeking publicity who appear in enemy capitals during a shooting war are giving aid and comfort to the enemy (treason), no matter what the press tells us.

Does this also apply to former presidents who meet with terrorists?

 

[FLYTPAY]

Bates, you're the only other mofo in the Navy, (besides yours truly, and Stratton) that have been in the Gulag at both sites... I always thought that I was special.

Why SERE twice? Beat up a captor? DOR? Supersecret Back Op?

 

[Mumbles]

got a real bad stomach bug at Warner Springs and couldn't stay hydrated......had about 2 hours of captivity to go before "liberation". I was medevaced to Balboa, and got to do Rangley, Maine the following month, (which was January, BTW)

 

[ea6bflyr]

... and got to do Rangley, Maine the following month, (which was January, BTW)

BRRRRRR.

-ea6bflyr

 

[Scoob]

Best Safety Standdown speaker I ever had. Damn fine American.