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Lawrence.
Vice Admiral
William Porter Lawrence, USN
"Be first a person of honor."
Test Pilot -- First to fly Mach II in Naval Aircraft
Korea, F-2H Banshee
Vietnam, F-4 Phantom
Prisoner of War, Vietnam, 1967-1973
Superintendent, United States Naval Academy
Commander, US Third Fleet
Chief, US Naval Personnel
"And o'er the world as I may roam,
No place exceeds by boyhood home.
And oh how much I long to see
My Native land, my Tennessee."
-- Composed by --
William Porter Lawrence
while in solitary confinement as a Vietnam POW
-- Designated State Poem of Tennessee |