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The Incredibly Stupid POW
« on: May 05, 2014, 09:34:39 AM »
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2014, 11:36:51 AM »
Great story!
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2014, 11:45:23 AM »
Great read
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2014, 12:15:06 PM »
Wow. "Stupid is as stupid does", indeed. ;)
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2014, 12:31:55 PM »
Smart guy, especially for a stupid guy. :D
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2014, 12:45:21 PM »
Thank you that was a great read.
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2014, 03:03:12 PM »
He lived in San Doego, may still, and would come into the SERE school and chat with the people going through SERE about his experience and other things. No matter how tired you were, you couldn't fall asleep while he was talking about his time in the Hanoi Hilton.

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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2014, 04:00:09 PM »
Quote from: BobR on May 05, 2014, 03:03:12 PM
He lived in San Doego, may still, and would come into the SERE school and chat with the people going through SERE about his experience and other things. No matter how tired you were, you couldn't fall asleep while he was talking about his time in the Hanoi Hilton.

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I wonder if he would talk about his exploits, though, or if he'd regard that as bragging.
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2014, 04:08:18 PM »
The only thing I ever heard him mention was the way he would put the dirt into the gas tank of the trucks. I don't think he considered what he did to be especially brave, just something he could do and get away with. Maybe he was being modest, or maybe he didn't want to be seen as bragging, especially knowing what others endured in the Hanoi Hilton. He did talk about relying on your fellow prisoners, developing communication between the prisoners, and following the chain of command, among a lot of other things.

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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2014, 04:27:26 PM »
Brave as HELL, considering what they'd have done to him had they caught him.  :-X
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2014, 04:29:38 PM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on May 05, 2014, 04:27:26 PM
Brave as HELL, considering what they'd have done to him had they caught him.  :-X

And I'm sure he doesn't consider it the least bit brave.

Amazing story. And though I bet he doesn't consider it so, amazing heroism.
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2014, 05:35:56 PM »
In my experience, the greatest heroes rarely consider themselves heroic, only saying they did what they could, or what they had to do...
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2014, 06:42:38 PM »
I'm surprised and happy to hear CAPT Stratton is alive!  I heard this story from him in 1985 and also have his book. 
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Re: The Incredibly Stupid POW
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2014, 08:45:43 PM »
Wow. That's pretty amazing. Will have to check out the book.
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