At breakfast the four of us got to talk with one of the previous day's speakers, Michael DuMont. He himself was a prisoner of war for 4 days in Viet Nam. He had been trained as a Para Rescue Jumper, and went in to help two wounded men whose airplane had crashed. After a few hours, the three of them were attacked and captured by Viet Cong, and DuMont was shot in the chest during that attack, with 3 ribs being broken. Because he could still walk, and the other two men could not, he was separated from them. (The other two were later rescued by US forces.) After four days DuMont was able to escape his captors, and swam in the ocean about three miles (!), where he was rescued by using his watch to make moving reflections in order to be noticed.
After breakfast we went to the service at the Salisbury National Cemetery. There were flags, a widow impersonator, a three volley salute, and a cannon firing, in addition to songs and speeches.
Flower petals were scattered on the site of the grave trenches where so many Union prisoners of war from the Confederate Salisbury Prison were buried.
After the service, Michiganders had a little quality time with their state flag.
Then we left for Springfield, Ohio, arriving before dark. When dropping off WE, we got to see 5 darling kittens (anyone want a kitten?)
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