Antifa, or alleged “anti-fascists”, were recently compared to veterans of World War Two by an editor at The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. His reasoning? Antifa charged white supremacists and neo-Nazis at Charlottesville like World War Two veterans did during the war. Here’s what Goldberg tweeted, comparing ‘Saving Private Ryan’ movie’s portrayal of veterans to “a group […]
From Task and Purpose: Erling Kindem, a World War II veteran whose friendship with a local boy went viral after a local TV news station aired a story about the pair, died Saturday. Kindem, 91, died at the senior care facility in Farmington where he lived, according to KARE-11 TV. KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert and […]
Frank Levingston, Jr. passed away this past week at the old age of 110. RIP Frank. The oldest living US #wwiivet Frank Levingston died on Tuesday.He visited the @WWIIMemorial in DC on 12/7/2015 2015. pic.twitter.com/zgdZwhcS05 — WWII Memorial Friend (@WWIIMemorial) May 5, 2016 Photo by cseeman
Sad that Obama couldn’t make it, and instead he decided to spend quality time with the new Saudi royalty. Regardless, it is a somber occasion to remember the Holocaust for what it was: a real, tragic genocide of the Jewish people.
Ronald Reagan, on the 40-year anniversary of the 1944 Normandy invasion anniversary, gave a stirring speech to remember the anniversary, which text is included below (h/t RealClearPolitics): We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe […]