we have ralph gaither who is sitting over here, and we have scotty moore can. where is scotty morgan? right over here. are there any others? yes, sir. bob flynn. any others? listen, gentlemen -- [applause] >> let me tell you two things by way of introduction of our author. his name is alvin townley, but i was given a copy of this book about a week ago. and i thought well, okay, if i'm going to introduce alpha and, but i do see what this book is all about. i've read several other accounts by stockdale and others, relative to the pow experience in vietnam, and i have had extensive conversations with apple stockdale over the course of time both as a mentor and as an advisor in the navy war college and i had the privilege of going through the hanoi hilton while i was still on active duty and seeing as it is today which is basically a tourist attraction. so i thought i probably ought to read it. the way i'm going to do this is i'm going to read an early chapter, i'm going to read a middle chapter and then i'm going to read the last chapter. that doesn't work. it doe