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  • Being a fomer p.o.w. in Vietnam for a few years gives me the right to say that these three young men have earned the right to be labeled Heroes.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • He is old, not smart, has no diplomacy skills, and with his past medical history he has a very strong chance of being too ill to remain through one term (Hx of physical abuse during 5 yrs. as p.o.w., & 40 % chance of recurrence of melanoma, a most virulent form of cancer.)

    Labor, Film Co. Paint McCain as the ‘Real Elitist’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • It makes me sick to know the republican nominee has committed our nation to ruin by supporting a war none needed as like the war he was a p.o.w. The last two republican presidents were flyers and our nation was grounded by lack of ability to lead, McCain is the same kind of pilot.

    McCain admits mistake in using Petraeus picture for fundraising 2008

  • Cloak and dagger adventures in occupied France during World War II, parachute runs, double agents, escapes in and from p.o.w. and concentration camps, fleeing through Germany – fascinating and gripping, though with too many French phrases for me to attempt reading it out loud with anything like confidence.

    September Book Reviews 2009

  • Cloak and dagger adventures in occupied France during World War II, parachute runs, double agents, escapes in and from p.o.w. and concentration camps, fleeing through Germany – fascinating and gripping, though with too many French phrases for me to attempt reading it out loud with anything like confidence.

    September Book Reviews 2009

  • One, it rather punctures the "He NEVER likes to talk about his p.o.w. experience" myth.

    Solzhenitsyn Biographer: Cross-In-Dirt Gulag Story Never Happened 2009

  • I mean, practically every other word out of the guy's mouth is "p.o.w.," and it's hard to argue you don't like talking about it when you go to the extra trouble of making things up to polish it up and make it sparkle a bit more.

    Solzhenitsyn Biographer: Cross-In-Dirt Gulag Story Never Happened 2009

  • If you dig comic books, I like the iFanboy p.o.w. podcast, it runs a little under an hour and they're funny guys.

    Drive Yourself To Distraction To Make Exercise Fun | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • He should say that HE was a p.o.w., and that his scars include when his captors removed his liver with a rusty spoon.

    McCain's Speech: Obama Doesn't Have "The Scars" That I Have 2009

  • Cloak and dagger adventures in occupied France during World War II, parachute runs, double agents, escapes in and from p.o.w. and concentration camps, fleeing through Germany – fascinating and gripping, though with too many French phrases for me to attempt reading it out loud with anything like confidence.

    September Book Reviews 2009

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