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Ogunwole took home a bronze medal from the championships, which were held in Vilnius, Lithuania, July...
...DIED. JAMES STOCKDALE, 81, candid, self-deprecating U.S. Navy Vice Admiral who earned the Medal of Honor for his rare courage in Vietnam, and who later ran for Vice President beside Ross Perot; in Coronado, California. After leading the first U.S. air strike into North Vietnam in 1964, he was captured and imprisoned the following year at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton," where he was brutalized repeatedly over seven-and-a-half years and held in solitary confinement for four. Stockdale inspired fellow POWs, including the future Senator John McCain, with his motto "Unity Over Self" and his remarkable defiance...
DIED. JAMES STOCKDALE, 81, candid, self-deprecating Navy vice admiral who earned the Medal of Honor for his rare courage in Vietnam and later ran for Vice President with Ross Perot; after a battle with Alzheimer's; in Coronado, Calif. After leading the first U.S. air strike into North Vietnam in 1964, he was captured and imprisoned the following year at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton." As the senior officer, he was singled out by captors, who brutalized him repeatedly over 71/2 years and held him in solitary confinement for four years. Inspiring fellow POWS, including Senator John McCain, with...
There are two kinds of courage in Table Money. Owney's is physical, as he displayed in Viet Nam by winning a Congressional Medal of Honor. Dolores proves her valor by overcoming generations of inertia and fatalism. She does it by demonstrating that behind the male swagger there is usually an unsteady little boy in need of a firm maternal hand. When a neighborhood Rambo threatens to shoot at police from his window, Dolores arms herself with a basket of wet wash and gets him to help her hang it: "She held her hand out and Ralphie gave...
Your report was one of the most enlightening articles on law enforcement I have read. Giuliani and his department should be awarded the Medal of Honor for courage in the line of duty; in fact, above and beyond the call of duty. John P. Donoski Bridgeport, Conn...