“Captain” Tom Franklin Sings National Anthem at Lake Tahoe (Video)

 

It’s Veterans Day 2012.

Today at Harveys Lake Tahoe, “Captain” Tom Franklin sang the National Anthem.  He’s a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Vietnam War.  Franklin has been a professional poker player for more than 20 years.  He’s also a World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner.

One thing is for sure.  It takes real guts to enlist and then serve in combat, as Franklin did.  It also take courage to stand up in front of 500 people and sing the National Anthem without any musical accompaniment.

Here’s a video of my introduction of Franklin, followed by his rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner.