Captured by Love: Stories of Vietnam POWs - Part 2

Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk

Dr. James Dobson

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Whether you’ve served in an actual war or not, life can seem like a battleground, and depending on your circumstances, it can feel like you are a “Prisoner of War.” On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. Tim Clinton concludes his discussion with USAF Ret. Col. Lee Ellis about his book, Captured by Love: Inspiring True Romance Stories from Vietnam POWs. Col. Ellis shares how faith in God became the anchor point to not only help him get through the trauma being a Vietnam POW, but also provide the basis for the greatest mission in life, which is to receive God’s love and pass it on to all he knows.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, everyone. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener-supported
0:05.3	ministry. In fact, thank you so much for being part of that support for James Dobson
0:11.0	Family Institute.
0:20.2	Welcome back to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh. Now, I have a question for you. What makes
0:25.1	a good love story? Is it one that has met insurmountable challenges and with God's grace
0:30.7	last a lifetime? Indeed. Well, today we'll hear more about those who have lived out great
0:36.4	love stories. Our guest on the program once again is United States Air Force Retired
0:41.4	Colonel Lee Ellis. Lee shares how he made it back to his family after he was a POW in
0:47.1	the Vietnam War. And although many soldiers and servicemen had found love, before being
0:52.3	sent off to war, Lee miraculously found love after he returned home. So let's join
0:57.5	USAF Retired Colonel Lee Ellis and our co-host, Dr. Tim Clinton, right here, right now on Family
1:04.4	Talk.
1:10.6	Lee, welcome back on this 50th anniversary of the end of U.S. engagement in Vietnam. And
1:16.8	by the way, the return of our POWs, some 684 POWs returned home alive after the Vietnam
1:24.0	War. Lee, yesterday, a fascinating discussion about you and your experience as a fighter pilot
1:29.9	flying number of missions in South Vietnam, you were shot down. I think over North Vietnam
1:35.0	and captured, you spent 1,955 days in captivity as a POW. And Lee, I just want to say thank
1:43.9	you for your faithfulness, your service. And by the way, your witness for Christ, that
1:49.2	your faith is what helps you through. Lee, just again, take our listeners who maybe weren't
1:55.5	with us yesterday into those moments and that moment when Operation Homecoming happened
2:02.1	and you knew you were going home. Yes, I've been there over five and a half years almost.
2:08.7	And by that time, that had become our way of life. One of the things that happened up
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