Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country, and family long before the Navy got hold of me.

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country, and family long before the Navy got hold of me.

While the Japanese droned on in a high-pitched voice, I blinked out the desperate message over and over. TORTURE...TORTURE...

The family is the engine that drives civilization. Throughout history, those cultures that have failed to found their rules and attitudes of society on the central importance of the family unit have decayed and disintegrated.

Founded on faith in God, the United States has been blessed as no other nation.

The nation is only as strong as the collective strength of its individuals.