Posted on 05/12/2008 9:31:06 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Millions of allied soldiers returned home after the defeat of the Hitler regime. Many were unable to speak about the horrors they experienced in Germany. One of those soldiers was Technical Sergeant Harold Bruce Welch – the father of First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush.
It was during the "National Days of Remembrance 2005,” that Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, first spoke publicly about her father’s experiences in the war. That he served in the 104th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army and participated in the liberation of the notorious concentration camp "Dora" in Nordhausen. As a child, she had asked her father many times about this time in his life, but he never wanted to speak about it. “I think,” surmised Laura Bush in her speech, “He couldn’t bear to tell his child about the evil out there in the world.”
What Laura Bush’s father Harold Bruce Welch experienced in Germany, can be reconstructed from sources. Welch belonged to a raiding patrol called the Timberwolf in the 104th Division. Together with the 3rd Armored Division, they arrived at the concentration camp "Dora" in Nordhausen on April 11, [1945], and found approximately 5,000 dead and dying. Around two miles northwest of the camp, Welch’s division found the subterranean, top-secret production facility for radio-controlled rockets "Aggregate 4 (A4),” better known by its propaganda name "V2". Nearly 60,000 prisoners worked here under inhumane conditions for the Fascist war machine.
(Excerpt) Read more at watchingamerica.com ...
bump for later
Honor, modesty, and class... also
so rich in Laura’s side. Read the
last line of the linked article.
God bless and protect this good
and decent family. We have been
so blessed by them and the examples
of the honorable ways they conduct
their lives.
Amen!!!!! We rejoice when the righteousness are in authority !!!!! “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” (Proverbs 14:33)
You have to cut the author some slack. The article appeared in a German paper, and this is a translation.
The original German for that sentence was:
Später rückten die Russen in das Gebiet ein, die Amerikaner zogen weiter nach Westen.
Maybe someone can provide an alternate translation.
We don't know if the translator was American or not, and if she had some knowledge of German military terminology.
Fair enough, I agree then it is likely a translation that was just not clear on that word. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Of course not. It's an unwritten rule of the media and hollywood (small h on purpose) - No good deeds nor brave actions by any republican or their family must ever see print.
Only about dems - even though they must be made up.
Later integration the Russians in the area, the Americans moved further west.
This is fascinating - I wonder if he knew personally the American soldier Private Galione, who actually went AWOL and FOUND and reported Camp Dora and its inhabitants and V2 rockets to the 103rd.
According to an interview I watched earlier today with the daughter of Private Galione, Mary Nahas, author of “The Journey of Private Galione, interviewed on “It’s Supernatural” (www.SidRoth.org), Camp Dora was actually in the zone of Russian occupation at that time, and the US Army took those rockets (forunners of ICBMs) right out from under the nose of the Russians. Stalin was allegedly reported to be “livid” at this.
Are you a Paulist?
Could the writer, Nico Wingert, be mistaken?
From "Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady By: Kessler, Ronald,"
"After the war, Harold (Laura's father) took a job as a district manager with Universal CIT Credit Corporation in El Paso. When an oil boom created a need for homes for workers, Harold and Jenna moved to Midland, where he became a homebuilder.
I couldn't find anything about Harold Welch and the Republican National Commitee with google. But I only looked at one page.
You are lost.
No wonder Bush seems asleep. His dad, Granddad all Washingtonians, Laura's. Now McCain, third Generation. Between the finacialist, the incestious Washingtonians, the Country Club elitists. Business as usual. What's the problem, our checks come in on time? And, besides, the Democrats are worse, and we are only screwing up the entire country at half the rate.
As per Yalta agreement. Operation Keelhaul soon followed.
I watched that program on Monday, also, but only saw the last half of it. I wrote down his name to look him up on the web so I could get the whole story. I had never heard any of this before.
In early 70s, my brother and I were watching "Soylent Green" on the TV. So out of character for my dad, tears were flooding his eyes, as he near begged us to turn off the movie. We didn't know why, we didn't ask why. We turned the tv off, and told him how much we loved him.
The things we remember.
RE: “Briefly mentioned was the fact that Laura’s father was a leader in the Republican National Commitee and the Central Intelligence Agency after the war.
^^^^^^
When you read something that seems improbable, train yourself to be critical, not to accept what you read at face value, just because it has been published.
Laura Welch Bush’s father was a builder in Midland, Texas. The idea that he was involved in the CIA and it is just being made public now, with no fanfare except for this article, is not really credible.
The idea that he was a high official in the RNC and that “fact” has never been made public before now is also incredible.
BTTT
Good morning. I see that now. Maybe this translation got hosed up and was referring to the fact that George H.W.Bush was head of the Rep. Natl. Committee and also head of the CIA which he was. As an aside, I’ve seen interviews where Laura says she was a Democrat when she met W. Of course in those days there were many conservative dems in Texas. Texas own Charlie Wilson was (and still is) a Democratic, commie hating patriot.
How does one go about doing this? My grandfather served in Europe and later in the Pacific. I'd love to see his records.
Yes, I think the author confused Laura’s father with GHW Bush.
I wrote the post above to remind all of us to be careful in what we accept as “true.”
Genealogy is my hobby/passion, and it is amazing how often wrong data gets put on official documents, for innocent reasons. We all have experiences of finding errors in newspaper articles - when we have firsthand knowledge of the topic.
We have to remember this and be cautions about accepting anything about which we do not have first-hand knowledge as totally true.
Bingo.
Check this out:
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html
How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service
Military personnel records can be used for proving military service, or as a valuable tool in genealogical research. Most veterans and their next-of-kin can obtain free copies of their DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) and other military and medical records several ways:
If your parent is still alive, or you are next of kin, you can ask for his records.
Thanks!
God Bless such fine people. Brings back memories of my own wonderful father...35 missions over Germany.
Our fine military...LIBERATORS and protectors - making the World a better place!
That statement does seem quite
a far reach from what was
written about his career in
TX. May well be false.
Sure doesn’t take away one
iota of respect for the war
service he gave for our country.
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