Ciara Encinas joined the ABC 10News team in December 2021 as a multimedia journalist.
SAN DIEGO — The Veteran's Day Boat Parade took over the San Diego Bay on Monday with more than 40 boats honoring every military branch.Boarding the “America” -- the leading boat for the parade -- were some of our nation’s heroes, including an American patriot with hours worth of stories about Vietnam and a giant smile on his face.Jim Bedinger’s smile masks the years of internment he spent while serving as a sailor in Vietnam.
Bedinger was held captive between Sen. John McCain and Vice Admiral James Stockdale. With them as his neighbors, sports was one way they held onto hope.“I served with some true patriots that were heroic in every sense of the word. I was a young guy, and I took advantage of being young because they didn’t want to put me in ropes and straps. They wanted to treat me a little differently because I got there after Ho Chi Minh's death,” said Bedinger.Bedinger doesn't consider himself a hero.
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