How do real Americans, that is, those outside the confines of political Washington, feel about Ferebee? Let's take a look at a celebration in Mocksville in 1991 in which the town erected a marker to its famous son.Ī local news story of the occasion, unembellished with political nuances, read in part:
He quietly answers accusations that he must feel guilty with 'all that blood on your hands,' responding firmly that he has never tossed and turned in his sleep, never second-guessed his country's decision and knows in his heart he was responsible for saving thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of lives - American lives.
