Most of us know that Senator John McCain spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war at the so-called “Hanoi Hilton” in Vietnam - but are you familiar with his former cell mate?
If not, you should be: George Everett “Bud” Day is “the toughest man I have ever known,” McCaind once stated. “He had an unwavering and unshakeable sense of honor that made him able to withstand physical and mental pressures of an enormous degree.” Day spent more than seven years in Vietnamese prison camps, most of it in solitary confinement, and, though he was later recaptured, he was the only American POW to escape North Vietnam for South Vietnam - an incredible feat that earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Despite being tortured and starved throughout his imprisonment, Day refused to give his captors any information that might harm his fellow soldiers. Upon his eventual release, he returned to military service, and still believes in its rewards, despite everything he’s been through. “You have the greatest job given to you as a young man: to serve your country,” Day tells young members of today’s military. “It’s the single best calling for a young person.”
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