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Master Sgt. (Ret.) Edwin Beck, speaks to an audience of approximately 200 at the base auditorium April 21 while Lt. Col. (Ret.) Bill Sheaves Jr. (right) listens. Sergeant Beck and Colonel Sheaves supported the Air Force’s Year of Leadership program by speaking to Peterson Airmen on the importance of character. Both men are World War II and Korean Conflict veterans. Colonel Sheaves is also a Vietnam War veteran. Colonel Sheaves and Sergeant Beck are both prior prisoner’s of war. Sergeant Beck said that while being a POW was the “worst situation imaginable,” he maintained confidence in his country, even while being interrogated. (Air Force photo by Roberta McDonald)