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--------- Inline attachment follows --------- From: <maureenc@swproperties.com< To: deannathaut@aol.com CC: tnmol6@aol.com, ceil66@aol.com, pennyw@swproperties.com, davidw@swproperties.com, Kaaleman@aol.com, Maureen DeFilippo <MaureenDeFilippo@email.msn.com< Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:49:53 GMT Subject: ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Kingston <MKingston@ci.glendale.az.us< To: <Wendykillius@aol.com<; Connie Sodaro <CSodaro@ci.glendale.az.us<; Beverly Hardy <HARDY@ci.glendale.az.us<; Julie Garcia <JGarcia@ci.glendale.az.us<; Martina Castaneda <MCastaneda@ci.glendale.az.us<; Tina Zubia <TZubia@ci.glendale.az.us<; <maureenc@swproperties.com< Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:08 PM Subject: John McCain's Speech From a speech made by Capt. John S. McCain, US, (Ret) who represents <Arizona in <the U.S. Senate: < <As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war <during the <Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in <solitary <confinement or two or three to a cell. < <In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large <rooms with <as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. < <This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct <result of the <efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 <miles from <home. < <One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike <Christian. <Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn't wear a pair <of shoes <until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later <earned a <commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval <Flight <Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. < <Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this <country-and our <military-provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As <part of the <change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive <packages <from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and <other items <of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple <of months, <he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. < <Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's <shirt on the <wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of <Allegiance <may not seem the most important part of our day but, now I can assure you <that in <that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event. < <One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and <discovered <Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That evening <they returned, <opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all us, beat Mike <Christian severely <for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and <threw him <in. We cleaned him up as well as we could. < <The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we <slept. Four <naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As said, we tried to <clean up <Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in <the corner of <the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of <red cloth, <another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He <was sitting <there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making <another <American flag. < <He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. <He was <making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able <to pledge <allegiance to our flag and our country < <So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget <the <sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our <nation <and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our <honor, <and our country. < < "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and <to <the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, <with <liberty and justice for all." < < PASS THIS ON... and on... and on!!!!!! < < HOW MANY CAN YOU SEND IT TO? < < _____ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com <http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp<
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