Wesley Clark is Correct Wesley Clark Hammers McCain's Experiencepoliticususa.com — Wesley Clark was on Face the Nation and he took aim at the idea that McCain's Vietnam War experience makes him more qualified to be president. “I don’t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.” With one swoop, Clark attacked the entire basis for the McCain presidential campaign And McCain in no more a hero than any of the flyers in WW II: Where are the men of Untold Valor now? And he was a piss poor pilot anyhow. Let's quit the political bullshit.This guy is milking that Vietnam prisoner bullshit to its death. He wasn't the only pilot ever shot down over enemy territory and held prisoner. And many suffered far worse than daddy's drunken bad boy Gigolo John. McCain.
http://untoldvalor.com/ For the men of the Army Air Corps in early World War II, the chance of surviving the obligatory twenty-five missions without death, injury, or imprisonment was one in three. In this groundbreaking book, Rob Morris has sought out remarkable but little-known stories of the air war from the men who lived and fought it. _base_d on hundreds of interviews with American veterans and their families, Untold Valor illuminates the courage of airmen whose exploits have until now remained untold. Read about Jewish aviators’ experiences as POWs in German camps. Learn about American airmen who were imprisoned, even killed, by the neutral Swiss and about two Air Corps enlisted men who changed U.S. policy toward liberated concentration camp survivors. Also discover the unusual story of Luftwaffe commander Herman Goering’s nephew, who flew B-17 missions against Germany. While some of the stories cover major events, most are about incidents and individuals misrepresented or overlooked by history books. Yet their efforts were vital, their lives forever changed. Detailed and moving, Untold Valor is certain to interest the serious air historian and the casual reader alike. With a foreword by the editor of B–17s Over Berlin. About The Author: ROB MORRIS is a high school history and English teacher with a lifelong interest in the World War II air war. This book is his sixth. He lives near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Reviews/Endorsements: This strong collection of tales of heroism is long overdue, for it salutes airmen who conducted Medal of Honor-worthy acts of courage, but whose stories were never told. Rob Morris does a terrific job of bringing these stories to life, and the variety of his subject matter is both intriguing and entrancing.
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