On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:24:38 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Dave LaCourse wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
But he was a "hero" too, in the same way many other POWs were
"heroes".
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THEN, instead of going home with his air group aboard Forrestal (the
carrier was out of commission and headed home for repairs along with
its air groups), McCain volunteered to go aboard Oriskany and continue
his sorties over NVN. THAT is what a true hero would do, not run home
with 3 phony PHs like your hero.

You're as goofy as McCain. Volunteering for combat isn't heroic,
it's incredibly poor judgment. Not to mention juvenile. A *TRUE*
hero takes one look at that monumental disaster known as Vietnam
and gets the hell out of there as quickly as possible to go home
and fight against the war.

Ken, you're as wrong as you can possibly be. I know at least one
officer who hated the war, thought it was a monumental mistake and a
waste of lives, but also felt that he had a duty to both obey orders as
well as do his best to see that those under his command had leaders who
would effective lead them. And from what I've seen of fair number of
other men, he apparently wasn't alone in his feelings.

The things that pass for heroes I just don't understand.

More's the pity, and that's just plain sad...

I sincerely hope this helps,
R