The following story was shared by John S. McCain, USN Captain (Ret.) and U.S. Senator from Arizona. We won’t give more of an introduction than that, as the story speaks for itself. We here at Bush Wealth Management just want to wish you a Happy Memorial Day—may we all remember the true significance of this holiday. Memorial Day is so much more than the “official start of summer.”
As you may know, I spent five-and-a-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 in 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.