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(22,513 posts)brush
(53,776 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Spunky dude!
lastlib
(23,226 posts)I would stand beside him any day, twice on Sunday!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)madaboutharry
(40,210 posts)pwb
(11,261 posts)The whole republican thing is all talk and no action. Fake tough guys all.
dameatball
(7,397 posts)SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,170 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)keep it up kid.
RussellCattle
(1,535 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Thank you for your service, sir!
Mersky
(4,981 posts)Speaks the truth.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I also hopes it gets some play on the news.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)Good one. May I steal it from you?
#notmypresident
RESIST
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Its one of my faves!
I cant take credit, and I dont know who I stole it from. Oops.
crickets
(25,976 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)It's more than just a slogan.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)catbyte
(34,383 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,786 posts)PT Boat Squadron 33 and PT-489 in the Pacific:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05489.htm
His boat PT-489 was also known as "Eight Ball"
His squadron commander was LCDR Arthur Murray Preston, USNR who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in rescuing a downed pilot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murray_Preston
His PT-489 skipper was Lt. Wilfred Benjamin Tatro Jr, USNR, who was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart for the same action:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/21011
The crew, including Harvey Hafter (sic), received Silver Stars.
The map of where the action was on September 16, 1944:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yeah, I'd love to see him and that fat orange bastard who calls himself POTUS in the same room.
Tech
(1,771 posts)We lost him to cancer in 1990. He was in a PT Boat at the end of his life. These men were strong, they were loyal, they were brave. Trump is outclassed by every one of them.
bucolic_frolic
(43,158 posts)Anger drives watershed elections. And we're still ramping up against Trump. Build the wave!
PoliWrangler
(139 posts)gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)Thank you for your service!
llmart
(15,537 posts)Boy, did he sum up the Orange Draft Dodger to a tee. What a righteous rant and spot on!
I hope this goes viral but you just know it will never be seen on TV. Older folks who might be considering voting for the ignoramus/yellow-bellied coward need to see this guy.
StarryNite
(9,444 posts)Warpy
(111,255 posts)they are missing a golden opportunity. They need to run it as it is, without the soppy piano music.
It would be a winner.
pazzyanne
(6,552 posts)You make me proud. My Dad also served in WWII, but he is no longer with us. He would be incensed at what is happening at this time if he were still alive. You speak for all of your comrade in arms, and well spoken I might add.
pansypoo53219
(20,976 posts)i bet your dad has the bigger pp.
tavernier
(12,388 posts)Im 74 and looking for a good democrat.
denbot
(9,899 posts)Rural_Progressive
(1,105 posts)was awarded the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and a few other awards. He commanded a flight and always put the his pilots' welfare above that of his own. He passed away a few years ago but was about the same height and weight as this gentleman.
Men and women like these understood what it meant to put the well being of others ahead of their own. I miss my dad but am glad he didn't live long enough to see us come to this.
By the way, what would be the best way to share this video to FB?
Freedomofspeech
(4,224 posts)Jarqui
(10,124 posts)All the veterans in my family from that war and WW1 have passed - some as a result of their wounds. Nobody in our family thought of them as suckers or losers.
I'm glad someone from that generation was able to speak so strongly and credibly for them.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Cha
(297,202 posts)Thank You!
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)Me too, Harvey.
Me too.
denbot
(9,899 posts)Done and done.
PatrickforO
(14,573 posts)Up to you, Trumpy.
My dad was in the Army and he served in the Western New Guinea Campaign, fighting in the Battle of Morotai, which lasted from 15 September 1944 to the end of the war. Our forces, fortunately, vastly outnumbered the Japanese on the island, but the radar platoons that supported the airstrip, were under sniper fire pretty much the whole time. My dad was in one of those platoons.
He was not a loser, and not a sucker. He entered military service, received training, was deployed, saw combat while serving honorably, and received an honorable discharge.
Those men on that island, those American marines, sailors, airmen and soldiers who fought and bled their way across the Pacific were not losers.
We honor the 285,000 Americans who fought in the Pacific in the Second World War. It was bloody - 111,606 Americans died in battle or ended up missing in action, and the 253,142 who were wounded, many maimed for life. They were not losers, they were not suckers.
This vet is right. Who the hell does Trump think he is?
It is Donald Trump who is the loser.
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)exactly what I would love to hear out of the Generals.
littlemissmartypants
(22,656 posts)They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed. The film is based on the 1942 book by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of the Philippines (194142) in World War II.
While a work of fiction, the book was based on actual events and people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Were_Expendable
volstork
(5,400 posts)Norbert
(6,039 posts)I think this hero speaks for many WW2 vets that can no longer speak Thank you sir.
ALBliberal
(2,342 posts)cheezmaka
(737 posts)diverdownjt
(702 posts)Duel at sunrise....donnie's done...
It wasn't no sissy white driving glove either...it was black leahter with the
fingertips torn off and grease from that damn engine on the pt boat.
Harvey will have his satisfaction.
634-5789
(4,175 posts)If they were alive today, they also would not have anything good to say about the Orange Coward.
onecent
(6,096 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,722 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)he would not like this wuss calling himself a CIC. MY father and I both served in the U.S.Army. He, Normandy beach, Patton's Red Ball Express, The Ardennes, Chosin Reservoir-Korean Conflict ad we were in both in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. And yeah many lost their lives and according to this CIC, they were "suckers" and "losers". GOD!!!! I hate this guy.