“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” –Theodore Roosevelt
I recently requested Bank of America to investigate mysterious activity with my ATM account. Had I not called the matter to their attention, I would have been perpetually charged a $35 “overdraft item fee” every day for a transaction I did not make.
After arriving from Connecticut, I checked my balance at an ATM and found everything had been wiped out.
The bank’s office in Delaware assured me on July 31 they would do something about the account, which had been experiencing unauthorized transactions since 2016. A certain ‘Marvin’ said the bank would restore the missing amount once the investigation was complete.
In the meantime, my account has been frozen (the third time in three years) pending investigation.
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On my recent visit to Virginia and Maryland, I met 90-year-old retired US Air Force pilot, Colonel Lester Marlon Romine, a contemporary of Arizona Senator John McCain.
He confirmed the military history of the 2008 presidential candidate, noting McCain was indeed captured and imprisoned on October 26, 1967 after his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down by a missile in Hanoi.
Romine said, “McCain was flying his 23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam.”
Today, the retired military pilot said, with North Korea and China “flexing their muscles,” he called on Americans and the world to “stay at peace and continue to be guided by the Holy Scriptures.”
“I believe in the power of prayer,” Romine said, who flew 150 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
The serviceman said he has read the Bible cover-to-cover 12 times in three years and believes “faith in God and His words in the Holy Bible” will help save the world from any danger.
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As a boy growing up on an Alabama cotton farm, Romine dreamed of flying – a goal that seemed impossible in the midst of the Great Depression. However, in 1951, he was commissioned as a US Air Force officer, a career that took him across the world, from the deserts of Saudi Arabia to combat missions over the rice paddies and jungle of Vietnam.
Through it all, Romine’s faith and moral compass – forged during the poverty of his youth – provided guidance and strength.
“Come back and stay in my rest house for another round of interviews,” concluded the retired colonel./WDJ