http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841559,00.html
Friday, Jan. 31, 1969
Modern times have placed new emphasis on the P.O.W. In wars gone by, a man taken prisoner was considered to be out of the war. Often enough, he was killed on the spot; if he lived, he was often mistreated. As far as his superiors were concerned, he had proved himself on the field; they were happy if he did not defect to the enemy. But in this century of total war, the prison camp has become an extension of the battlefield. Totalitarian nations are not content merely to extract information from a P.O.W. They often hound and harass a man for months and even years in order to win his mind and soul, to reduce him to an instrument of propaganda. It is, of course, a tactic that the Soviet Union devised for use against its own political prisoners, as dramatized with terrifying realism in Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon and George Orwell's 1984. In this sense the prisoner of war has become a symbolic stand-in for all men in this century who are subjected to the relentless pressures designed to capture and transform their minds.
The techniques used on prisoners by the Communists today have become painfully familiar, even though the beatings, threats and psychological pressures given Bucher and his crew were so horrifying as to stun the world anew last week. To some extent, the techniques consist of old-fashioned torture protracted and refined, in a mixture of mental and physical ordeals. The P.O.W. may be kept in utter isolation or thrust into a cell group without a shred of privacy. He may be forced to sit or stand in the same position for hours on end until his bodily functions go awry. His interrogators may keep him constantly unnerved, preventing him from sleeping, exploiting his normal feelings of guilt by focusing on painful events in his life. The interrogator may alternate kindness with brutality; a strange bond, which does not exclude a measure of affection, develops between captor and captive. Write Psychiatrists Lawrence E. Hinkle Jr. and Harold Wolff: "The interrogator is dealing with a man who might be looked upon as an intentionally created patient; the interrogator has all of the advantages and opportunities which accrue to a therapist dealing with a patient in desperate need of help."
http://www.48ovvi.org/oh48cf40.html
DUGANNE - TWENTY MONTHS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF
C H A P T E R X L .
A DAY AT CAMP FORD.
LONG before daybreak the camp begins to stir. There is restlessness among our prison legions -- home-sickness, doubtless, in the souls of many sleep-locked hundreds of these ragged citizens. I hear the hum of voices arising out of morning's grey shadows; the crackling of new-lighted bivouac-brands ; the matinal twitter of red-birds. Presently the east reddens, and I see the morning star setting over yonder wooded hills outside of our prison-yard.
How royally the sun rises, atmosphered with golden mist, robed in purple haze of woodland exhalations! The camp is alive and vocal. A thousand voices call to other thousands. Tatterdemalions toll out of burrowing places, creep up from caverns, and emerge from hut-openings. Red-capped zouaves, wide-breeched; blue-bloused cavalry men, yellow-trimmed; all hungry-looking; sergeants with service stripes; jack-tars in poly-patched trowsers; wagoners in broad hats; barefooted cannoniers -- rank and file generally -- hatless, bootless, shirtless. They swarm out upon the main street; flow into crossways; jostle one another at cooking-fires; pass and repass, laden with fuel, rations, water-vessels. Another day begins.
I mingle in the throng that pours along "Fifth Avenue." I pass the "bakery," where an enterprising New Yorker sells his ten-cent leathery doughnuts and caoutchoue grape-pies for a dollar in greenbacks. I glance a moment at our "jeweller's" window -- where a corporal tinkers watche ; elbow through the crowd surrounding a lieutenant's turning-lathe, which whirls out chess-men at three dollars per set; peer into a door where sits a captain "editing" our prison-journal, "The Old Flag;" -- then reach the "spring," dash head and arms in water, comb tangled locks, and look about me.
"Motley's the only wear!" says Shakspeare, and in Camp Ford we agree with him. Such costumes never were beheld before, outside of Rag Fair or the "Beggars' Opera." I wish our Uncle Abraham, or Sam, could see this "sans culotte" procession marching up Pennsylvania Avenue. Such head-gear, from a zouave cap to rimless crowns and crownless rims, and tattered handkerchiefs, and wisps of straw! such effigies of garments! armless shirts and legless trowsers; bits of blankets tied about the loins; such patches, of every size and hue! such scarecrow figures of humanity! Their wives and mothers would not know them from the chiffoniers who rake out Northern gutters.
But they are all United States soldiers and sailors men who have met our foes on land and wave, brave rank and file of fleets and armies sacrificed by stupid commanders, and neglected in their misery by the power which should protect them. God bless them, ragged and rough as they are; for the fire of undying loyalty burns in their bosoms, and they love the "Old Flag," in spite of those who disgrace it!
I recognize the date 5/13/1987 as when I completed my escape from the Libyans after traveling for over a year through the wilds of Africa. This notion of the "Borg," I assume is something I created to express how the Microsoft-Corbis pirates, including George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, are getting a lot of Americans killed as they hijack my identity.
From 5/13/1987 to 10/1/1990 is: 3 years, 4 months, 18 days
30 * 0.59 = 17.7 days
From 5/13/1987 to 10/1/1990 is: 3 years, 4.59 months
34-59
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68462.html
Family
The crew visits family.
Air Date: 10.01.1990
After taking the U.S.S. Enterprise to an Earth-orbiting spacedock for repairs, Picard, still recovering from the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Borg, returns for the first time in twenty years to the 19th century French village where he grew up. He is greeted warmly by his sister-in-law and nephew, both of whom he has never met. However, his meeting with his older brother Robert, who feels that Picard is arrogant, is filled with animosity.
From 1/3/1935 to 3/4/1959 is: 8826 days
8826 / 2 = 4413 days
4-4-1-3
From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is: 4 years, 4 months, 13 days
4-4-1-3
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Jeremy_Kemp
Jeremy Kemp (born 3 January 1935; age 72) is an English actor.
In 1990, he played the role of Jean-Luc Picard's brother, Robert in TNG: "Family".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447305/
Jeremy Kemp (I)
Date of Birth: 3 January 1935
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" .... Robert Picard (1 episode, 1990)
Family (1990) TV Episode .... Robert Picard
From 6/9/1917 to 7/4/1976 is: 59 years, 3 weeks, 4 days
59-34
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912113/
Herta Ware
Date of Birth: 9 June 1917
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" .... Yvette Picard (1 episode, 1987)
Where No One Has Gone Before (1987) TV Episode .... Yvette Picard
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Yvette_Gessard
Yvette Gessard-Picard was a Human woman, who lived in La Barre, France during the early-24th century. She was wife to Maurice Picard and mother to Robert and Jean-Luc Picard.
This fictional character was the father of "Captain Picard" and his name, "Maurice," makes me think of the name Maureen. Also, "Picard" entered "Starfleet Academy" in the year 2323 which makes me think of my age of 23.23 years on 5/28/1982.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Maurice_Picard
Maurice Picard was a Human man, a native of La Barre, France. He was the husband of Yvette Gessard and father of Robert and Jean-Luc Picard. He continued the family business of winemaking under the Chateau Picard label.
From 3/3/1959 to 5/28/1982 is: 23 years, 86 days
86 / 365 = 0.23 year
From 3/3/1959 to 5/28/1982 is: 23.23 years
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/character/1112469.html
STARFLEET PERSONNEL FILE: Picard, Jean-Luc
Rank: Captain
Education: Starfleet Academy, 2323-27
This actress portrayed the wife of "Worf" in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" television series. I also liked her portrayal in the 1986 "Back To School."
From 7/16/1963 to 11/19/1963 is: 126 days
365 * 0.3459 = 126
From 7/16/1963 to 11/19/1963 is: 0.3459 year
34-59
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000395/
Terry Farrell
Date of Birth: 19 November 1963
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" .... Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax / ... (149 episodes, 1993-1999)
From 5/2/1924 (Bikel) to 10/21/1933 (Brown) is: 3459 days
34-59
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Theodore_Bikel
Theodore Bikel (born 2 May 1924, age 83) is a versatile character actor, born in Vienna, Austria. A master of languages, dialects, and accents, he often plays ethnic roles, such as a German officer and Serbian king. In 1990, he appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing Sergey Rozhenko, the Russian adoptive father of Worf, in the episode "Family".
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Georgia_Brown
Georgia Brown (21 October 1933 – 5 July 1992, age 58) was the actress who portrayed Helena Rozhenko, foster mother of Worf and grandmother of Alexander, in the Next Generation episodes "Family" and "New Ground".
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Picard_family
The Picard family is a French family with strong ties to Spain and France.
The history of this family dates back several centuries and is kept in a leather-bound family album that has been passed down in the Picard family for generations. Picard claimed the family could trace its roots back to the time of Charlemagne in the 8th century in western Europe. (TNG: "Journey's End")
When being raised, young Picards are always taught about the great Picards in their history, often to the point of feeling that they have to live up to someone's standards. Some of the more accomplished Picards include the Picard who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the one who commanded a French warship at the Battle of Trafalgar, or the ones who settled the first Martian colonies. (Star Trek Generations)
The Picard vineyards, located in La Barre, France, is well known for its wine production, notably for their Chateau Picard vintage. There is also some relation to Chateau La Barre. (TNG: "Family", "All Good Things...")
Not many of the Picards were explorers or space-faring people, in fact, Jean-Luc Picard was the first in the family to leave the Sol system. (Star Trek Nemesis)
The actress who portrayed "Picard's" sister-in-law is 19 years, 11 months, 26 days, older than me. That forms Ronald Reagan's birthday of 2/6/1911.
From 3/5/1939 to 3/3/1959 is: 19 years, 11 months, 26 days
'1911-2-6'
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Samantha_Eggar
Samantha Eggar (born 5 March 1939, Hampstead, Great Britain) is a British actress who played Marie Picard in TNG: "Family"
I assume this commissioning date was selected for that '7' there in between the '33' and the '59' to represent good luck.
From 2/6/1911 (Ronald Reagan) to 7/12/2003 is: 33759 days
33-7-59
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CVN76.htm
USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)
MULTI-PURPOSE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (NUCLEAR-PROPULSION)
Commission Date: 07/12/2003
From 3/4/1959 to 7/28/1987 is: 3 days, 3 weeks, 340 months
33-34
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=34639
Proclamation 5687—Thanksgiving Day, 1987
July 28th, 1987
Thanksgiving Day is one of our most beloved holidays, an occasion set aside by Americans from earliest times to thank our Maker prayerfully and humbly for the blessings and the care He bestows on us and on our beautiful, bountiful land. Through the decades, through the centuries, in log cabins, country churches, cathedrals, homes, and halls, the American people have paused to give thanks to God, in times of peace and plenty or of danger and distress.
Acknowledgement of dependence on God's favor was, in fact, our fledgling Nation's very first order of business. When the delegates to the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774, they overcame discord by uniting in prayer for our country. Despite the differences among them as they began their work, they found common voice in the 35th Psalm, which concludes with a verse of joyous gratitude, "And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long."
This year, of course, our Thanksgiving Day celebration coincides with the Bicentennial of the Constitution. In 1789 the government established by that great charter of freedom, and "the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed," were cited by George Washington in the first Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation as among "the great and various favors" conferred upon us by the Lord and Ruler of Nations. As we thank the God our first President called "that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be," we have even greater cause for gratitude than the fresh triumphs that inspired Washington's prose. We have seen the splendor of our natural resources spread across the tables of the world, and we have seen the splendor of freedom coursing with new vigor through the channels of history. The cause for which we give thanks, for which so many of our citizens through the years have given their lives, has endured 200 years—a blessing to us and a light to all mankind.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1987, let us, in this unbroken chain of observance, dedicate ourselves to honor anew the Author of Liberty and to publicly acknowledge our debt to all those who have sacrificed so much in our behalf. May our gratitude always be coupled with petitions for divine guidance and protection for our Nation and with ready help for our neighbors in time of need.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 26, 1987, as a National Day of Thanksgiving, and I call upon the citizens of this great Nation to gather together in homes and places of worship on that day of thanks to affirm by their prayers and their gratitude the many blessings God has bestowed upon us.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twelfth.
RONALD REAGAN
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:49 p.m., August 3, 1987]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092925/quotes
Memorable quotes for
Dragnet (1987)
Joe Friday: I don't care what undercover rock you crawled out from, there's a dress code for detectives in Robbery-Homicide. Section 3-605. 10. 20. 22. 24. 26. 50. 70. 80. It specifies: clean shirt, short hair, tie, pressed trousers, sports jacket or suit, and leather shoes, preferably with a high shine on them.
From 7/9/1956 to 4/14/1977 is: 7584 days
7584 / 2 = 3792
From 3/3/1959 to 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11) is: 3792 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/
Tom Hanks
Date of Birth: 9 July 1956
Volunteers (1985) .... Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) .... David Bradley
Dragnet (1987) .... Pep Streebeck
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Jim Lovell
Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Captain John H. Miller
Cast Away (2000) .... Chuck Noland
"Band of Brothers" (2001) (mini) TV Series .... British officer
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) (voice) .... Narrator
The Da Vinci Code (2006) .... Dr. Robert Langdon
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) (post-production) .... Charlie Wilson
