In Vietnam, I had the honor of being in a unit led Captain Mark "Zippo" Smith. A feared legend, the North Vietnamese had a hefty bounty on his head. He was later captured and spent a gruesome time as a POW.
In the 1990's he was part of an elite group financed by Ross Perot to perform clandestine missions in North Vietnam to look for suspected American POW's.
A few years ago, after learning how to use a computer, I was fortunate to link up with him again. His e-mails are a treasure. His opinions on the service and politics are amazing. (I will not tell you what he thought of fellow POW McCain.)
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