The president just awarded 3 more Medals of Honor at the White House, two of which were awarded posthumously. WWII veteran, Vietnam veteran and Iraq War veteran. A real tear jerker.
Thank God for heroes like these. So proud to be American today.
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As am I.
Every day, a new reason to salute the flag, to thank a current or former warrior, and to be both proud and thankful that I am an American.
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Imagine if DJT were in charge during the war, our Vietnam veterans would have been treated differently.
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The war itself would have been very different I suspect.
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Gotta LOVE THE GUY (Trump I mean)
I believe in my heart even the âNormieâsâ are coming around to the manâs
âShort, Swift, Smart, BRUTAL wayâs to fight our Enemiesâ.
These recent VICTORIES! (AND THEY ARE ALL VICTORIES!) are proving âYou can run but cha canât hide!â
For far too long we let our Enemies rule unmolested, NOT ANY MORE, even PAID them off NOT to attack us
Trump has also PROVEN to be a Tactician who LISTENS TO HIS GENERALSâAll this WINNING and NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND!
NO FALSE THREATS (IRAQ has WMDâsâNope they didnât)
Folkâs on this Planet will now think real hard before commiting atrocities against us.
That is not saying the dangers of Lone Wolfâs, Radical Sleeper Cells, and Rogue nations will never Poke da Bear againâStupid is eternal, and there will be exceptions unfortunately.
But Hot damn I love his STYLE!
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Michael Schmidt on Facebook (Iâm not sure if heâs the author or like me, just sharing it)
Barbara Walters writes:
Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilotâs name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat. In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho LoPrison, the âHanoi Hilton.â
Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJâs, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American âpeace activistâ the âlenient and humane treatmentâ heâd received.
He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and was dragged away. During the subsequent beating, he fell forward onto the camp commandant 's feet, which sent that officer berserk.
In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which permanently ended his flying career) from the Commandantâs frenzied application of a wooden baton.
From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4Eâs). He spent 6 years in the âHanoi Hiltonâ. . . The first three of which his family only knew he was âmissing in action.â His wife lived on faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed and clothed routine in preparation for a âpeace delegationâ visit.
They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to the world that they were alive and still survived. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper, with his Social Security Number on it, in the palm of his hand. When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each manâs hand and asking little encouraging snippets like: âArenât you sorry you bombed babies?â and âAre you grateful for the humane treatment from your benevolent captors?â Believing this HAD to be an act, they each palmed her their sliver of paper.
She took them all without missing a beat. . . At the end of the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paperâŠ
Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Colonel Carrigan was almost number four but he survived, which is the only reason we know of her actions that day.I was a civilian economic development adviser in Vietnam, and was captured by the North Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in 1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years.
I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia; and one year in a âblack boxâ in Hanoi. My North Vietnamese captors deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a nurse in a leprosarium in Banme Thuot, South Vietnam, whom I buried in the jungle near the Cambodian border. At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs. (My normal weight is 170 lbs.)
We were Jane Fondaâs âwar criminals.â
When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp communist political officer if I would be willing to meet with her. I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real treatment we POWs received. . . and how different it was from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as âhumane and lenient.â
Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched with a large steel weight placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane.
I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda soon after I was released. I asked her if she would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer me.
These first-hand experiences do not exemplify someone who should be honored as part of â100 Years of Great Women.â Lest we forget. . . â100 Years of Great Womenâ should never include a traitor whose hands are covered with the blood of so many patriots.
There are few things I have strong visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Janeâs participation in blatant treason, is one of them. Please take the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can. It will eventually end up on her computer, and she needs to know that we will never forget.
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Sounds like another Hilary.
Prisoner or not, I would have spit in her face before they beat me
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