Words of Wisdom

My brother-in-law served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.  When I read this article, I remembered him talking about how important each sailor on that ship was and this article brought that idea home.  But this article isn’t written for just our Viet Nam vets, it’s for everyone who needs a reminder about what is truly important.

Who’s Packing Your Parachute

Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!”

“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb. Read more »