[HARDCORE]

God, please grant me the courage and endurance to persevere at the hands of my enemies..

Please endow me with the presence of mind to always remember who and what I am..

Gift me with the needed fortitude to resist all torture and deprivation - be it mental or physical..

And most of all Dear Lord grant unto me the power and ability to keep my soul and resolve, American to the core....

AMEN

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An original piece by H. Rick Tavares 5 March 2004

[Dedicated to my wife?s uncle, Corporal Melvin Hampton Morgan, Company L, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, and all other Honorable U.S. POWs.]

[Corporal Morgan died of Starvation & Beatings while a Prisoner of War in North Korea, 6 December 1950, Age 20 years old....]