Truth Detector (06-03-2020)
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Truth Detector (06-03-2020)
Iolo/Penderyn (06-03-2020), Phantasmal (06-03-2020), ThatOwlWoman (06-03-2020)
I was fortunate to meet a few of the men that served with my dad. They were part of the liberation of France, one gents name was Connard, the French really teases him about it. My uncle was shot down over Belgium and is buried there. My Aunt was in the Navy! Two other uncles were military police. My family has a long history of military service.
ThatOwlWoman (06-03-2020)
Mine was a B-17 pilot. He was shot down on his 13th mission and spent a year in a POW camps, the first near Hamburg. Had to do a couple of long marches as the allies were closing in. Those B-17 missions were remarkable. I saw an HBO documentary about it, the conditions in those plans were spartan. He has great stories.
Phantasmal (06-03-2020), ThatOwlWoman (06-03-2020)
Truth Detector (06-03-2020)
My father was a WWII Navy veteran, as were most of my uncles. None spoke much of their experiences.
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Truth Detector (06-03-2020)
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ThatOwlWoman (06-03-2020)
Wow, 99 -- that's a wonderful long life. Is he in fairly good health?
He must be much like "The Colonel," my brother-in-law's late father. He also served in World War II and stateside in the Korean War, as did his wife who was a secretary to Gen. Taylor. When W invaded Iraq, The Colonel boxed up his many medals, citations, and other mementos of his service and sent them to the WH with a letter stating that he could no longer support what the U.S. government was doing. He passed away before this latest travesty of an IMPOTUS. I imagine that his take would be the same as your dad's. All three of their sons are also open-minded and patriotic.
As RB constantly shows, not everyone who served was the same way. Just because *his* father would not approve of the various forms of free speech doesn't mean that they were all that way.
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"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
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