How anyone who respects #vets wouldn't crawl thru mud to #VoteBiden is beyond me.
After reading Trump's shameful comments, I Googled the name of the #POW whose name I wore on my wrist for years. What I learned couldn't stand in starker contrast to @realDonaldTrump.
After reading Trump's shameful comments, I Googled the name of the #POW whose name I wore on my wrist for years. What I learned couldn't stand in starker contrast to @realDonaldTrump.
#POW Cpt Lynn Guenther was shot down & spent 14 months in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. He said the experience taught him "the real meaning of tolerance and love - tolerance for those around us and love for the country and world we live in" (link below). nara.getarchive.net/media/former-p…
.@realDonaldTrump You didn't avoid #Vietnam b/c you were a Conscientious Objector. You cooked up a #bonespur because you're a coward & have no commitment to serving others. Here's the #POW whose name I wore on my wrist during the War. nara.getarchive.net/media/former-p…
"I loved flying & I had no feelings about the war. It was a job that had to be done," #POW whose name I wore said. "I regret that. I never took the time to get up on the news of the world. I was living in my own little world, as a lot of Americans are.” nytimes.com/1973/03/11/arc…
Trump doesn't respect #POWs enough to listen to men like Cpt Lynn Guenther who told the NYTimes, “I think tolerance was probably the biggest thing I learned in that year. Before, I was very narrow‐minded and opinionated. I didn't care what anyone else's point was.”
The #POW whose name I wore called on Congress to end the war over Hanoi radio, later saying “You know as well as I do we allow free speech in this country," adding none of his statements in "any way degraded" the US.
Unlike things Trump says daily. nytimes.com/1973/02/28/arc…
Unlike things Trump says daily. nytimes.com/1973/02/28/arc…
The #POW whose name I wore during the war retired as an #AirForce Colonel O-6. The US officially recognized Lynn Guenther as an American #hero by awarding him the #Legion of Merit for actions during peacetime, dedication to duty, & unsurpassed leadership.
veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.…
veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.…
The Legion of Merit citation for the #POW whose name I wore during the war notes he saved valuable assets & fostered squadron unity & teamwork.
Trump has squandered US assets, fostered division, & cost tens of 1000s of Americans their lives because he has no concept of teamwork.
Trump has squandered US assets, fostered division, & cost tens of 1000s of Americans their lives because he has no concept of teamwork.
My father & grandfathers stretching back to the American Revolution served. I'm a peace activist because I respect #veterans & think they should never be put in harm's way unnecessarily.
Trump disagrees, as this #GoldStar dad puts it plainly.
taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-seal…
Trump disagrees, as this #GoldStar dad puts it plainly.
taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-seal…
Former #POW Lynn Guenther tells the story of his years before the #VietnamWar & his 14 months in the infamous Hanoi Hilton: pownetwork.org/bios/g/g091.htm
Guenther uses the word tolerance as I do: as active respect for views different than your own. The "action of bearing hardship" is the word's earliest meaning. Like Guenther, my family's hardship (with #disability) reinforced our commitment to tolerance, openness, & respect.
Mother--What a story. I remember so clearly the day Daddy & I bought #POW bracelets. I would drag myself thru crushed glass to #VoteBiden & protect the country my father loved & served from Trump's corruption, racism, & incompetence. I know you would too. @janpurcell2 @JameyP21
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