Veterans

Veteran's Day

What an amazing today to honor the people who have done so much for us. We had a Veteran's Day assembly yesterday, and a guest speaker James Golbal(sp?)came and spoke to about his experiences with war. It was a shock to me to hear his story. He was captured after his plane was shot down. He had broken his left leg, but he did his best to land correctly preventing him from breaking any other bones. Luckily, there were armed guards who intercepted him when he hit the ground or he believed he would have been murdered by the mob of people who were also there. He talked about how he was taken to a prison camp and stuffed in a small cave. Where he remained the majority of his capture. He said they would allow the people from the village to come in and beat on the prisoners. They would punch, kick, and spit on them. However, he did his best to find something positive about this capture. When his leg had healed he was able to participate in saying the Pledge of Allegiance, and reciting the Lord's prayer. 

I thought it was such an amazing example to find something positive about such a horrible situation. His patriotism was astonishing, and it was such an example to me to be more appreciative about the freedom I have today.

Don't Take Your Freedom For Granted!