[NFHale]

Ping to the Dawg Pound for an amazing American story...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3165454/posts?page=59#59

[DuncanWaring]

Related, Medal of Honor citations for Adm. James Stockdale and Capt Lance Sijan (posthumous) for service as POWs:

http://www.mishalov.com/Stockdale.html

http://www.mishalov.com/Sijan.html

I had occasion to attend the USAF SERE school (Colorado campus) in June ‘71. There was one rule - “they” couldn’t do anything to “us” likely to cause permanent physical damage.

I learned one thing, in no uncertain terms:

Do. Not. Allow. Yourself. To. Be. Captured. By. Forces. Of. An. Oriental. Army.

Events subsequent to Feb. ‘73 revealed the wisdom of that position.