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OPINION
Thursday • September 15,]
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Salute POWs, MIAs for sacrifice
Students should respect
heroes by observing
commemorative week
Fi
| or those of you
who did not
know, this week
is POW-MIA Week,
and Friday has been
designated as POW-
MIA Day. These
MATT
SEGREST
Guest Columnist
At night, Hopmann would remove his
ring and bury it in the ground, again fight
ing to keep his most prized possession.
When he would awake the next morning,
again the ring would return to his blouse.
This routine went on for three-and-a-
half years until Hopmann was finally liber
ated. Urban C. Hopmann visited Texas
A&M University last year, as one of only
two living survivors of the Bataan March.
With a strikingly clear and vivid memo
ry, he recalled the torturous time as a
POW, but said with conviction in his heart
and pride in his soul:
times are set apart during the
year in order to honor our Prison
ers of War and our soldiers still
Missing in Action. I would dare
say that most Americans and
even more so most college stu
dents do not have the proper re
spect and appreciation for these
American heroes. Hopefully, I can
relate to you the significance and
importance of honoring these men
of perseverance and courage by
telling you stories about two Aggies
who were POWs.
On April 21, 1942, the most fa
mous Aggie Muster was held on Cor-
regidor Island in the South Pacific.
General George F. Moore, Class of
’08, was the commanding officer, and
responsible for initiating this most
endearing of Aggie traditions. Four
teen days later, on May 6, 1942, Cor-
regidor Island was overtaken by the
Japanese, triggering the infamous
Bataan Death March. The march of U.S.
soldiers from Corregidor to the Bataan
POW camp was one of World War IPs most
treacherous events.
One of the survivors of this March and
of the POW camp was an Aggie by the
name of Urban C. Hopmann, ’39. Upon be
ing captured by the Japanese, Hopmann
tore some cloth from some old clothes, and
carefully sewed his Aggie Ring into his uni
form blouse. This is where he safely hid
his ring during the day from Japanese sol
diers seeking American treasures.
With a strikingly clear and vivid memory, he
recalled the torturous time as a POW; but said
with conviction: "They got my gun, they got
my watch, but they never got my Aggie ring."
“They got my gun, they got my watch,
but they never got my Aggie ring.”
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ground was taken captive by the North
Vietnamese. For the next “six years,nil):
months, and four days,” Col. Ray washel:
prisoner in 12 to 13 different POW campj
including the disgraceful “Hanoi Hilton,' jp J j
Ray was subjected to brainwashing at J I IT 11 M I
tempts, propaganda and torture that wot :
make one’s skin curl. POWs underwent |r^he other di
sleep deprivation and countless beatings I spotted a 1
and even were hung by their arms until I gjgn on the
their arms popped out of socket - aninjc fcdow of some
for which Ray still has operations today L a ]| business.
Col. Ray told me that he would keep Kd, “Getbettei
himself going by joking to himself and Edes.” My init
those around him: thought was, “H
“I’ve had sophomores in the Corps of must be one of ti
Cadets give me worse than this!” Btoring places.’
■on closer scru
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Bns, and are ar
Both Col. Ray and Mr. Hopmann unde B* be. We’ve al
went life as prisoners of war, somehows. whoop-ass on fc
vived and went on with their lives. Whc l^e se f °f Gh 1
asked what made them able to keepgoiy PY Hie least. Bi
an not to quit, each replied with the sar.|Jpl an Gradual
answer: 1) Prayer and a faith in God, a-;|| er > we sa y 4 s
2) the training and lessons they learnedll 00 ^ advertisin
a proud son of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie 1. , ’ a< ivert
Corps of Cadets. country
This Friday, to recognize and honor her Jf? 11(1 n 80 & ood
like Hopmann, andfe ILivo gotten Sl
the Corps will be holdingi mca1, that
an mforraal wreathl.),i| tohow j. mb
Srt| , S n L 0n n? eSm| *|led. Even wl
Dril Field. The cerem,[; nk [ made tl
will begin promptly.; I rchase of , hl
noon. I do not want this friends v<
be just a Corps event,bu i' m told that w
University-wide event- gl e. Even mor,
is for everyone for whom first place. Adv
these POWs put their live We’re so suit
on the line, and for everyone's liberty that tising gimmicks
America's MIAs fought to preserve. liem into three
Having this ceremony is the least weeB The first, “St.
A second Aggie hero is Col. Jim Ray,
Class of ’63. During the Vietnam War, Ray
was flying a mission to bomb a bridge be
tween Hanoi and China in the Northeast
section of North Vietnam. Tragedy struck,
however, when Ray’s F105 B Model bomber
was shot down. Ray ejected from his fiery,
out-of-control plane, and upon reaching the
do to honor those with the courage andpe few years ago, c
severance to overcome such odds, and tie advertisers usir
families who mourned for them. fiiought to be ui
These brave men paid dearly for the Ires that are bi
freedom that you and I so enjoy - give Strong enough t
them the honor they deserve. I F° r instance
POWs and MIAs - you are not forgotten, a ^ ew random s
ing or words lil
Corps Commander Matt Segresia;y^ewer to buy c
senior business management ^ -
more food. This
is still used to i
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