Lt. Col. Orson Swindle, a former Marine Corps pilot, was a prisoner of war (POW) who spent over six years in Vietnam’s infamous Hanoi Hilton prison camp where he was subjected to deprivation, isolation, and torture. He said receiving a patriotic and faith-based education helped him survive his experience and sacrifice for his country, the United States of America.
Swindle said he is concerned by the state of society today because some people are trying to erase history and seem to want to destroy this country.
“I’m extremely distressed by what I see. I see people that want to tear down history, and as some great intellect said, you know, history is not for you to erase. History exists so that the rest of us can learn, and in the proper way, change things that were wrong and capitalize and expand on things that are good,” Swindle told NTD’s “The Nation Speaks” program during a recent interview….