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WWII veteran, POW served his country well

by | Nov 9, 2017 | Life & Style

By Greg Ford

Staff Writer

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C.B. Perdue plans to end his speech this Veterans Day with the following words — “You heard about my experience as a prisoner of war, or POW. I would like to leave you with a thought from another POW, who, I think expressed it well. David Eberly, a POW in the Persian Gulf War, says this, ‘Freedom. It doesn’t matter if you lost it for five minutes, five years or 50 years … we have an appreciation that other people will not understand.’”

Perdue, 92, lost his freedom for about a month during the latter stages of World War II after bailing out of a stricken B-17 bomber and then being taken prisoner by the Germans upon reaching the ground.

It’s that story, Perdue, a Rockwall resident, will try to relate to those attending Saturday at the Veterans Day ceremony hosted by the Sachse Historical Society.

Perdue represents a group of soldiers and sailors — some have dubbed “The Greatest Generation,” — who fought in and survived a global conflict that helped shape the world’s political order for much of the 20th Century’s second half.

For the full story see the Nov. 9 issue or subscribe online.

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