Ralph Galati, a former prisoner of war, says 'freedom as a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know.' “As citizens, you might disagree with our government. You might not support a particular conflict. But at least today you respect the soldiers, seamen, airmen, and marines that have honorably served our country,” he said. And as a prisoner of war, Galati said, his homecoming was not the problem others had, but being a POW left him with an understanding that others might not have.<br />“It’s been said until you’ve had your freedom denied, only then do you realize what we have in this great country of ours. Freedom has a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know,” he said.

Ralph Galati, a former prisoner of war, says 'freedom as a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know.' “As citizens, you might disagree with our government. You might not support a particular conflict. But at least today you respect the soldiers, seamen, airmen, and marines that have honorably served our country,” he said. And as a prisoner of war, Galati said, his homecoming was not the problem others had, but being a POW left him with an understanding that others might not have.
“It’s been said until you’ve had your freedom denied, only then do you realize what we have in this great country of ours. Freedom has a taste to those who fight and almost die that the protected will never know,” he said.