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THE FACE OF A TRAITOR!"Sir why didn't we get any help?"I saw immediately that this did not sit well with him at all. Without answering my question, he walked over the stainless steel table upon which he had tossed his stars an hour earlier and put them back on his collars. The pins slipped easily into the same holes from which they had come, indicating he had done this many times before. As soon as the stars were in place -perfectly, just as they were when he entered the room --he spoke directly and I would say threateningly. Dr. Jeckyll had now become Mr. Hyde. "Ok fellas, now I'm an Admiral again, I want each and every one of you to understand something," he said. "We're talking about National Security here, not your personal feelings, not what you did or did not do ..... I could give a shit about any of that. You listen to me once, because this is the only time you're ever going to hear it. You are NEVER to repeat what you just told me to ANYONE, -not you mother, your father, your wife, ANYONE, including your shipmates. You are not to discuss this with ANYONE, and especially not with the media, or you will end up in my little prison or worse!" As he said the word, "worse" he scowled. His face turned into a mask of hatred and rage. He presented it to each one of us, personally one at a time. On June 8, 1967 I had come face to face with the devil over the course of 2 hours and now I was looking into the eyes of the devil yet again in the person of Admiral Isaac Kidd. Who else but Satan himself could have moved a man to do what was just done -- not just to us but to America?[Context note: The Admiral arrived the day after the attack by helicopter. He was there to talk to the sailors about what they saw. To put them at ease, he removed his stripes and many of the soldiers felt he was being fatherly in hearing about their harrowing experiences. They felt comforted by his interest in their stories.]