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Comment : Capt Stratton,
It has been a true pleasure listening to you address squadrons that I have been a part of over the years. One of my shipmates, now a Flight Instructor in Corpus Christi is looking to speak to you about a Leadership Day invitation. Please
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Comment : Greetings Beak!: I just found your memoir site and its great! You make me peacock proud to be a veteran. Army1984-1988 Hope one day to have the honor of shaking your hand. GBU........Rick
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Name : Cynthia Simpson (Cindy)
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Comment : Hi Dick & Alice: Its been a while since I visited your site, and, after seeing you recently, knew I needed to visit again. A lot of good new material has been added, and, as always, I feel blessed to have this window on your extraordinary lives.
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Name : Carol Bergfeld
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Comment : Thank you, Dick, for all that you did and for sharing this part of you with us. This is a beautiful tribute to true American Heroes! These stories are as meaningful today as in this past war. What a wonderful tribute, and what a wonderful thing for a son
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Comment : In reading the life of this most
heroic man, I cried at each line to
think that a human being could still survive that kind of human torture. We truly need to have our children read and know that they are here today because of men
like Richard Stratton
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Comment : The story of Doug Hegdahl is incredible. Says much about both men (The Incredibly Stupid One and The Beak). Also says much about America and why we will prevail no matter what the challenges ahead.
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Comment : Well, you just never know where we are going to show up do you! Kind of scary isnt it....I guess everyone is used to getting bizzare things when they open the computer but this!! Hope that you are Mrs. Stratton are well, I know that she is here in Ann Arb
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Name : Troy Curnutte
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Comment : To be able to write in words the pride and honor I feel about ech of you is impossible. I can only saw God Bless you and that I will never forget.
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Name : Laurie Ryan
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Comment : Dear Capt.Stratton,Went over on characters last sign-in.Wanted to know if you would like to have the POW bracelet I wore with your name on it?
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Name : Laurie Ryan
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Comment : Dear Capt. Stratton, I have periodically wanted to locate you. I wore a POW/MIA bracelet from 68 to 73 with your name on it. I only took it off when your name appeared in our Sunday paper in the section reserved solely for released/returning POW/MIAs and
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Name : Dan Castro
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Comment : Sir,
You were a true hero in Hanoi with your brothers even Lance Sijan and others who never returned. Lets honor PFC Matthew Maupin and Michael Scott Speicher as well as Charles Shelton, David Hrdlicka, Morgan Donahue and others. God Bless you Sir. (Bush
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Name : Linda (Vautrain) Barcelo
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Comment : Such horrendous stories told with a touch of humor. I always felt that once a person loses his/her sense of humor, its all over. You go, guy!
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Name : Dale Rembold
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Comment : Hello Sir Stratton: I am working with your son Michael here at Intel. Your stories are better than mine, thanks.
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Name : Jill F. DZamko-White
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Comment : Dear Sir Richard and Lady Alice, It has been so very long since I have seen or spoken to you both. I have missed you tremendously. I stumbled upon this site today and am more than proud, I am grateful, indebted and in sheer admiration for the two of you.
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Name : Marcia Crysler
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Comment : Loved reading your new articles - had read the book about you written in the 70s. Wonderful to have more information. Thanks!
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Name : Roxanne Schilling
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Comment : Your story & that of every person serving in Vietnam has always deeply affected me. You make me proud to be an American. God bless you & all of our Vietnam Vets.
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Name : Robin D. Denison
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Comment : Capt. Stratton, I dont expect you to remember me, but Ive heard all these stories before as you gave the code of conduct lecture to the ocs classes. I was in charge of gym 1801 for 3 or 4 months in 1986. Its a priviledge and a honor to have met you and he
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Name : Willie L. Hunter
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Name : Jim Tobin
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Comment : I salute you. My days with the 25ID in 1967-68 were a cake walk compared to yours. GBU now and forever.
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Name : Chris West
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Comment : Hello Sir,
First I want to say thank you for allowing me to live in freedom by your service to out great nation.
Secondly, I want to apologise as I was one of many who by my actions was screwing the moral of great men and heros like yourself by my juvi
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Name : Bonnie
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Comment : I have a POW bracelet with your name on it. I am so glad you made it home. My brother, Robert Wright was killed in the Ia Drang Valley, November 17, 1965.
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Name : james
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Email : 6_8highjumper@pvilleca.com
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Comment : i enjoyed reading the tales. ive been doing a resarch papper on how inhumanly the pows were treated and i found some information that was very useful. i feel honored to live in a country with men as outstanding as you and the rest of our pows. after rease
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Name : L.W. Monroe
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Email : Lmonroe41@aol.com
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Comment : Glad you made it back.
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Name : Danny Saunders
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Email : danraldo@earthlink.net
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Comment : Capt. Thank you for telling your stories, so that those of us who did not go through it could better understand it. To you and all who have served before us thank you. Danny Saunders Former RM1(SW), USN.
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Name : Linda Auer
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Email : lauer2@alltel.net
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Comment : Capt. Dick Stratton, what a pleasure it was to meet you this morning along with Admiral Fuller, Capt.Mike McGrath and Cdr Paul Galanti. Best to all of you.
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Name : Donna Jacques
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Email : djacq@cshore.com
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Comment : What a great site! I think of you both so often and remembering our work at So Shore with VN Vets. It looks like we will be starting again with Iraq Vets. I still have the training materials we used.
My son just returned from Iraq and my step daughter f
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Name : Sara Armstrong King
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Email : kingcsa@yahoo.com
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Comment : Hi Dick & Alice, Fred & I are at the Library visiting your site. Wonderful! We so enjoyed our Ritz lunch and your friends, Ann & Ed. Our stay here has been terrific! Heading North on Tuesday. God Bless you & your family. Sara
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Name : Ken Buzz Riley
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Email : BuzMoCAC10@Aol.Com
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Comment : Captain Stratton, I have returned to Rhode Island after 12 years in the mid-west,(Iowa). I have been
trying to contact you for at least
21/2years but this is the 1st postive LZ. How are you and Alice!
I have told so many about you, but of course they d
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Name : Ernie Mares
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Email : emares@san.rr.com
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Comment : Dick,
I was stationed at China Lake and in Nov. 1966 was sent out to Yankee Station to brief you guys on using the Shrike Improved Display System installed on your A-4s. You and I had some interesting talks during the period I was aboard Tico and I was v
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Name : Jerry Duke
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Email : jerryydd@conwaycorp.net
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Comment : thats really sad we had to send our guys there but im glad you and others like you survived and made it home
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Name : David M. Hess
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Email : dmh3@sympatico.ca
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Comment : I clearly recall your welcoming handshake as S.D.O. on the day I transferred into VA-192 on 18 Jan 66 as an ETN. Nor will I forget hearing the Tico skippers fateful announcement on 05 Jan 67 of your not being among those returning while the ship was at GQ
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Name : GM1 Steele
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Email : joshua.steele@navy.mil
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Comment : As a SERE instructor I have come to appreciate your ordeal much more than I previously had.
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Name : SSgt Robin Drake, USAF
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Comment : I thank you sir for the sacrifices you, your fellow servicemembers and all of your families have made for our country. I feel truly priviledged to serve in the United States military and am genuinely proud to be an American. Thank you.
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Name : jonathan t lennon
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Email : jonbear22@netzero.com
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Comment : Enjoyed your accounts to put captivity into true perspective and the fact you kept humor in you. Thank you for your insight and I only wish I could someday meet you and your wife to have good conversation. Thank you for your courage and leadership!
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Name : Sandra Jensen
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Email : SJensenA@aol.com
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Comment : Capt. Stratton: Thank you for your courage and committment to our country. God Bless you and all POWs. A friend, Chuck Tyler USAF, I think was in Hanoi. I know he made it home to Arizona. Dont know of his present status. Im a former HM2 USN. You guys real
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Name : Gary
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Email : gator_lee@hotmail.com
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URL : http://www.simplesurvival.net
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Comment : I am a retired USAF E-8 and I have written a survival guide. I was a Life Support Instructor. Would you consider viewing and endorsing it for me? Welcome home.
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Name : John Stratton USMC
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Email : strattonjf@msn.com
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Comment : Nice site. RVN 1968-1970. G2/5. An Hoa. Glad your home.
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Name : Bill Smith
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Email : willy9@earthlink.net
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Comment : We are so very proud of you and your fellow prisoners. Jane and I were so proud to wear your bracelet for so many years, praying for your safe return. Thank you for sharing your ordeal with us.
GBA.
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Name : Bill and Carol Brink
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Email : wbrink@att.net
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Comment : Hi Dick, Its Memorial Day 2003. We remember. God Bless. C & B
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Name : michael blevins
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Email : hitte4@hotmail.com
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Comment : mr.stratton
this is my first visit to the site,but i have seen you on t.v.a couple of times and would like you to know that i am proud that we have people like you in america.i can barely remember when you guys came home because i was so young,i do remem
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Name : April Holthaus
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Email : apraple@centurytel.net
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Comment : Good to know there are those who dont forget what freedom costs. It was an honor to be in the VIP lounge at Hickman greeting Paul Galanti and some of you when the planes landed. God Bless.
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Name : April Holthaus
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Comment : Good to know there are those who dont forget what freedom costs. It was an honor to be in the VIP lounge at Hickman greeting Paul Galanti and some of you when the planes landed. God Bless.
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Name : Jack Quinn
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Email : jackay52@fcol.com
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Comment : Dick, God bless you as you approach Mar 4th and your 30th year as a former POW. Best to you and Alice from all the Quinns.
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Name : Mofak
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Email : Mofak@earthlink.net
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Comment : Great Website! Terrific stories! How you managed so much humor into such tragedies is remarkable and says much about your Gung Ho/Will Do personality. I sure enjoyed reading the stories. Thanks for being there for America and sacrificing a large portion o
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Name : Bob Smith
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Email : 5932@msn.com
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Comment : I salute you and all the other POWs. But I particularly honor all those who did not return.
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Name : Dave Brog
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Email : davebrog@erols.com
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Comment : It was my honor to meet you at Whidbey Island.
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Name : Lori Chase
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Email : litlla8@aol.com
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Comment : Hey Dick,
Very nice site! Good job and Happy Anniversary, as it is a very good month, isnt it? Take care Lori
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Name : Barbara Dewey
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Email : bdewey@surfglobal.net
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Comment : From sometime in the late 60s or so until March, 1973, I wore a POW bracelet with your name on it, and I have also put it back on for some of the anniversaries of your capture. Thank you for all you have done to make the world a better place. You will alw
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Name : Kerry Allen
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Email : allenmacdonald@netscape.net
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Comment : Was amazed by your book, but would like to see more short articles attached to this site (loved the Army-Navy game)!
With respect and admiration,
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Name : Bob Guinee
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Email : bobfather99@netzero.net
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Comment : As the son of a Vietnam Vet(Army 121st AHC), I thank you for your brave service to my country.
I salute you!!!
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Name : Andy Mazak
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Email : andy.mazak@eastwayford.com
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Comment : I am Eugene and Marie Lobbans grandson. I live in London Ontario Canada. I was visiting with my grandparents and I remembered you from a past visit. I think that you are a Brave and Honorable man and I just wanted to thank you for protecting the world whi
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Name : Wm.R.(DICK)Simmons
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Email : basscat2994@webtv.net
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Comment : Thanks your plane captain Dick Simmons.
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Name : Wm.R.(DICK)Simmons
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Email : basscat2994@webtv.net
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Comment : Thanks your plane captain Dick Simmons.
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Name : Don Joyce, OMI
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Email : djoyce@ost.edu
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Comment : Thanks for the info. Certainly enjoyed it. Keep in touch.
Don.
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Name : Helmut Reda
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Email : helmutreda@yahoo.com
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Comment : Thanks for proudly serving your country. We are grateful and indebted!
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Name : Gary Sobotka
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Email : gsobotka@dtgnet.com
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Comment : I met you at the Omaha airport the day I was shipping out to basic training (Army) in January 1978. You couldn't have been nicer and I've always looked up to you Richard. Wishing you and family 3 John 2.
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Name : Jack Quinn, BG, US Army, ret
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Email : jackay52@fcol.com
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Comment : Dick, thank you for including the web site at the bottom of your letter to St Vincent de Paul Society. I look forward to getting thru the entire site. As a three tour Airborne-Ranger type over there between 1962-1970, I have great love, respect and admira
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Name : Logan Rose
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Email : Jameswrose@prodidy.net
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Comment : I'm doing a project for school and my mom mentioned you and i thought it sounded interesting so if you don't mind answering these questions for me:
1. When did you join the navy?
2. What went through your mind when you were flying over Vietnam ?
3. Wha
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Name : Spc. Mason T. Lowery
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Email : mason.lowery@us.army.mil
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Comment : Sir,
can you tell me how I could obtain a copy of your bowing photo, and any other photos of you from that time period? I'm trying to put them in my paper, The Frontline, Fort Stewart, with the story I wrote about your ordeal.
I met you March 1 with Ma
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Name : Linda Clark
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Email : l-j-clark@InsightBB.com
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Comment : Hope you are both well. Thanks for all you have done for the rest of us.
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Name : Hal Kushner MD
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Email : halkfl@bigfoot.com
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Comment : Great site..thanks for directing me there.
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Name : Ron Riml
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Email : rimkoff@gwi.net
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Comment : Continuation - Got a nice note back from Doug Hegdahl - He said "Being a POW was shittie duty..but at least it was shore duty." I howled!!
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Name : Ron Riml
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Email : rimkoff@gwi.net
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Comment : Hello....
I really enjoyed your article about Seaman Doug Hegdahl, "The Incredibly Stupid One." I was a shipmate of his on the USS Canberra, but really didn't know him. I ran across an extra copy of the Canberra's cruise book for '67, and sent it out t
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Name : Jeff Buehrle
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Email : jeffbuehrle@hotmail.com
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Comment : Hello CAG-
It was my sincere pleasure to have worked for you at CNRA FIVE at GLAKES as ADMIN and Youth Programs 1977-1979. I am proud to have served with you and am very happy that Mrs. Stratton and yourself are well and doing what you both thoroughly
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Name : BMC FELIPE GONZALEZ
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Email : LARAZA68@HOTMAIL.COM
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Comment : HI THERE CAPTAIN,
REMEMBER ME BOAT'S FROM FAMILY SERVICE CENTER KINGS BAY. I'M STILL HERE IN ITALY BUT C.C GAVE ME THIS WEB SITE WHICH IS AWSOME. JUST WANTED TO SAY HI TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE.
GOD BLESS
"BOATS"
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Name : Naval Aviators
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Email : stratton@bellsouth.net
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Comment : The Aviator’s Air Traveler Pledge
To the Heroic Crew, Passengers and Surviving Families
of United Airlines Flight 93 (09/11/01)
We, the aviator air travelers of the United States, in order to guarantee the safety and well being of ourselves, our fam
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Name : Bob (Lash) La Rue
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Email : rainbowinn@msn.com
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Comment : Dick
I first met you when you were an instructor at Beeville and I was a student. The next time I saw you was when you and Al Stafford were shown on the evening news as POW's. That was quite a shock.
Al visited me here in North Idaho this summer on his
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Name : John Cranmer
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Email : jcranmer@lemoorenet.com
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Comment : One man with courage is a majority-Andrew Jackson. You sir are a majority.
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Name : Bob Taylor
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Email : exhawkco@earthlink.net
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URL : www.robert-c-taylor.com
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Comment : Beak,
Super site, glad I found it and thanks for the new email address. I look forward to seeing you and Alice in Visalia this October. Proud to know you and what you stand for.
RC
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Name : John T. (fmf Doc) Weed
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Email : johnweed2@home.com
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Comment : Powerful site. It was wonderful meeting both of you in SA recently.
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Name : ROB SORENSEN
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Email : STBAKRHAWK@AOL.COM
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Comment : THANKS FOR ALL YOU DID OVER THERE.
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Name : Linda J. Clark
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Email : l-j-clark@home.com
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Name : Cynthia Stanley
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Email : TESCJS@aol.com
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Comment : Wow, I'm not sure what else to say. My best friend did two tours in Nam, but none of his stories compare to what I'm reading. God Bless you and Alice, for all you've done for this country.
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Name : Gary Scoffield,Capt, USN (ret.)
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Email : kgscof@goeaston.net
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Comment : I laughed and cried as I read the stories in the web page. I hope we can cross paths again soon -- maybe this fall at the reunion in Visalia. GBU, Gary
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Name : Charles David Prescott, 111
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Email : cprescot@nlamerica.com
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Comment : Dear Captain Statton, GREAT SITE! Thank you for your reply to my e-mail (concerning a mutual friend)!
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Name : rick reichard
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Email : reichardr3@hotmail.com
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Comment : You are a true patriot and this is the "stuff" that true Americans are made of God Bless. RR
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Name : JOHN MAGUIRE
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Email : WICKFORD PRINTING @AOL.COM
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Comment : CAP,
I HAD A SAILOR(ACTUALLY A COMMANDER) COME INTO BUY SOME BUSINESS CARDS AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT YOU AND ALICE. HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO HOOK ME UP WITH THIS SITE. GLAD YOU AND THE MRS ARE DOING WELL. IT WAS AN HONOR FOR THIS JARHEAD TO HAVE CROSSED YOUR P
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Name : Mark William Longale
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Email : khml96@email.msn.com
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Comment : Dear Capt.Stratton,
Thank you,Sir,for all that you've done for this country. I've had the honor of seeing the P.O.W. special on the Discovery channel and I was very impressed with your story and how you survived with your fellow P.O.W.'s. I just read you
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Name : James McNeill
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Email : JMCN@KIRKIE.FSNET.CO.UK
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Comment : Very interesting site. Some excellent links to other good material.
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Name : Karen and Michael Smirh
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