Some Friends you hold in
high regard, some friends are ... friends
And some friends are Hero's.
I would like to speak to you of one such HERO friend. Jessie Monroe Knowles (1919-2006).
Born on July 3, 1919, Jesse Knowles passed away on April 23, 2006. A survivor of the Bataan Death March, he was imprisoned in a number of POW Camps for 1,228 days, and was liberated from a camp in Mukden, Manchuria on August 15, 1945. He went on to serve as Louisianna State Senator from 1964 to 1980.
http://www.iwvpa.net/knowlesj/
He endured the unendurable, he survived the unsurvivable, he saw the worst of mans worst enemy, Man.
Amongst other things, Jesse was president of the Mayors Armed Forces Committee, Lake Charles, LA. And I was a member. I have listened to many a remembrance of those times. Jesse was not like most of us, and would rather not talk about it. He did... but only to those he thought worthy. I'm proud to be in that number.
Born on July 3, 1919, Jesse Knowles passed away on April 23, 2006. A survivor of the Bataan Death March, he was imprisoned in a number of POW Camps for 1,228 days, and was liberated from a camp in Mukden, Manchuria on August 15, 1945. He went on to serve as Louisianna State Senator from 1964 to 1980.
http://www.iwvpa.net/knowlesj/
He endured the unendurable, he survived the unsurvivable, he saw the worst of mans worst enemy, Man.
Amongst other things, Jesse was president of the Mayors Armed Forces Committee, Lake Charles, LA. And I was a member. I have listened to many a remembrance of those times. Jesse was not like most of us, and would rather not talk about it. He did... but only to those he thought worthy. I'm proud to be in that number.
Jesse was a friend of mine
Jesse was sitting next to my wife when I received this award
from the Coast Guard.
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