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Have you read Captured and Love want to give it a positive review? Click this Amazon link to leave a quick review to encourage others to learn about these 20 couples!

Thank you for your generous support.

 

 

 

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Video FAQ – ���What���s your strategy to help people stay on course in leading with character?���

In this 3-minute video clip with me and Speaker|Author|Trainer, Eddie Williams, we answer the question on a strategy to help leaders consistently stay on course with character-focused leadership. Also, read and watch more Leading with Honor FAQs.

 

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Giving Back Spotlight – Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program

I’m proud to give my time, attention and support to the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. They assist our #military throughout their phases of deployment or mobilization.

Please learn more about their vital work – www.yellowribbon.mil

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Historical Highlight for August 20, 2023

Historical Highlight for August 20, 2023 ��� ���The Hanoi University��� – here’s a short historical fact from the history of the Vietnam war and the POW experience shared in the new ‘Captured by Love’ book:

Hanoi University began to emerge in the cells in late 1970. We had no books or learning materials, yet we studied physics, calculus, and poetry���engineering, history, and geography���French, Spanish, German, and Russian���public speaking, music theory, and ballroom dancing���Shakespeare, chess, and piano (with a keyboard drawn on toilet paper).

Here���s the backstory���

Two days after the Son Tay Raid, we all returned to the Hanoi Hilton and were herded into an area where Vietnamese prisoners had been held earlier. We were packed elbow to elbow in rooms holding 40 to 60 men. Most people would find that environment claustrophobic, but we were ecstatic! We could talk without fear of punishment, we could exercise, play games, and joke around. But the most amazing thing was that we had structured educational programs. In Room Three we had classes every day, with three hours in the morning and two in the afternoon. We were in small groups, learning subjects like French, Spanish, German, Russian, and math. We would have classes for eight weeks, take a two-week break, and start again.

We had no books; we just taught from memory. For example, Naval Academy math major Denver Key taught differential calculus using a broken chunk of roof tile as chalk to work problems on the concrete floor. I taught beginning French. It helped that I was studying intermediate French three days a week and speaking it with Paul Galanti for five minutes every day. We had a lot of knowledge, many talents and interests, and some of the guys were extremely creative. In my cell Bill Butler recruited and conducted a choir that amazed and entertained us. They even performed the musical ���South Pacific.���

Every room had a chaplain, we held weekly church services, and we were inspired with amazing homilies delivered by grizzly old fighter pilots. All these mental activities not only kept us busy, but they helped us get mentally and emotionally ready to return home when the war ended.

Purchase your copy of ���Captured by Love��� at powromance.com.

 

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Captured by Love Wisdom for Today, August 18, 2023

���Being your authentic, genuine self is essential for creating and maintaining a strong relationship. ���While dating neither of us tried to impress the other. We just shared ourselves and got to know each other.������ ��� Carole & Jim Hickerson

Purchase your copy of Captured by Love

 

#Romance #Lovestory #Military #marriagegoals #Resilience #POW50th #VietnamPOW #Courage #Passion #CapturedbyLOve #LoveLessons

 

 

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AARP Magazine Shares POW Love Stories

So grateful for AARP Magazine���s support in sharing the 20 POW romance stories in ���Captured by Love���.

Please read their feature article, and also thank to journalist and contributor @KatherineSkiba

 

 

 

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Special ���Captured by Love��� Endorsement from Duff O���Dell

Thank you Duff O’Dell, dear friend and Retired Director of Flight Attendants, Delta Air Lines, for your kind words and generous mention of ���Captured by Love���! Order your copy anywhere that books are sold ��� powromance.com.

 

 

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Lee���s New Interview on Family Talk

Lee���s new interview on Dr James Dobson���s ���Family Talk��� expounds on the positive impact that successful POW marriages stories can have on other couples and families.

Be sure and check out this conversation between Lee and broadcaster Tim Clinton on this two-part interview –

Listen – Captured by Love: Stories of Vietnam POWs – Part 1

Listen – Captured by Love: Stories of Vietnam POWs – Part 2

 

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Historical Highlight for August 13, 2023

Historical Highlight for August 13, 2023 ��� ���The Son Tay Raid��� – here’s a short historical fact from the history of the Vietnam war and the POW experience shared in the new ‘Captured by Love’ book:

The night of November 21, 1970 will always be a night to remember for Vietnam POWs. I was resting in the arms of the POW���s best friend���sleep. It was our escape from the harsh, crushing reality of the camp and from the pain of missing our families.

Suddenly we were awakened as the building shook from the explosions of a nearby air strike. Later we learned that it was a diversionary tactic for a raid on the Son Tay POW camp some 12 miles away.

Son Tay had housed 52 of us for the previous two years, but we had been moved to this new camp four months earlier. The move was a key step in the North Vietnamese strategy to improve their international image by housing us in a ���showplace camp.���

The US raid, conducted by an elite team of Green Berets and Air Force specialists was brilliantly executed���but the camp was empty. Many people in America called this raid a failure, but you could never convince the POWs of that. For you see, it turned out to be the greatest unifying factor that ever happened to the prisoners in North Vietnam.

As a result of this raid, the V moved us back to the Hanoi Hilton���to an area that had previously held hundreds of Vietnamese prisoners. With 335 of us together in one camp, we were for the first time locked in cells of 40 to 60 guys each. That may seem uncomfortably cramped, but to us it was more exciting than any Christmas one could imagine! We could talk freely, play games, conduct classes, and hold church services.

The Green Berets and all those supporting that courageous undertaking are our heroes. They came deep into enemy territory to get us, and they left us a gift that kept on giving.

To all the Raiders, we say a big thank you, or as we soon learned during our language lessons in those big rooms: ���Merci Beaucoup,��� ���Danke,��� and ���Muchas Gracias.���

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How to Press In and Press Through as Leaders

Free Infographic – You can do it! We all have those moments where we have to ���press in and press through��� a situation and emerge on the other side with honor — smarter, stronger, and more grateful. We���ve created the free ���Resilience Checklist��� infographic to help pinpoint some of the 12 areas that you can strengthen in your personal development ���

Please check out this infographic on our website.

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