“Fear is a luxury one can’t afford.”

— James Robinson Risner

Source: "Robinson Risner, Air Force ace and POW, dies at 88" in The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/robinson-risner-air-force-ace-and-pow-dies-at-88/2013/10/29/ec759f3e-40ae-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html (29 October 2013)

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Recipient of the Purple Heart medal 1925–2013

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