Nobody has told us not to talk about it. Our main concern is to get Jessie back on her feet in good health right now.

Somebody needs to start speaking for us and I'm hoping that's what the next liaison does. Now that we have a working understanding of city government, let's change it,

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.