On the recordFebruary 12, 1998
I have a very special place in my heart for all Vietnam veterans. Sam Johnson only makes that a greater and bigger place in my heart. We came into this body a few days apart. He was just ahead of me, so he always gets the office I want and I am right behind him. But we are kind of a class of our own. Just two little stories that make me know what Sam Johnson and Shirley Johnson are all about. When I talk to Sam, and he does not talk much about it, he says when they stand you up and blindfold you and they are going to shoot you and then they do not, he says, you never fear again. And then when I talk with Shirley, and she is a great friend of Connie's and mine, she takes it so lightly. Well, he ran off while I was raising the children. I think they are a great couple. You certainly do love your country, your family and your God. It shows every day in that great big smile. God bless you, Sam.
Source
govinfo.gov
