Posted on 05/13/2015 5:46:31 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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My uncle (God rest his sould) was at the Bulge as a machine gunner on a tank. He didn’t love Patton :)
But that is sometimes the sign of a great leader.
I love the guy. And my uncle.
Love the “Initiative” comment.
We all need to use our God given talents to help Cruz in whatever way we can.
Can you add this post to the Ted Cruz Ping List ?
Yeah, about 14 years ago, when i was 33, a friend where i worked was doing a documentary on veterans from different wars. (had nothing to do with our job)
My uncle agreed to do it as a favor for me.
He NEVER talked about it until then.
At one point, he stared straight ahead and said that there were so many waves of Germans coming that he just kept firing and killing and crying. Uncle Jimmy didn't cry easily.
Another time he passed what he said looked like a high ranking German in a sitting position dead in a jeep with a bullet hole in his forehead. He said for some reason that stayed with him.
He said when he got home everyone wanted him to take tie off. He got right to work and stayed with the same company fifty years, working part time at the end until he passed. I once asked him on a trip to AC (just him and I went down there at 2am, lol) if he was afraid of dying. He said "Of course not" What a generation!!!! I got his named etched on my arm as a tribute. Loved the man.
Before all of the nattering nabobs of negativity come on here, let me be like many freepers...
Oh no, Cruz must have done something that isn’t 100% Conservative here. He isn’t running a perfect campaign. I like this rollout, but surely, he did something wrong.
I can’t vote for him now. /sarc
Ted Cruz Ping! Hey your uncle saved my uncle. 101ST SCREAMING EAGLE.
They were the hole in the donut.
I look forward to reading about 101 Screaming Eagles tonight :)
I guess my uncle punched a hole through German lines? Is that what you mean by hole in the donut? I hope your uncle is still with you, and if not they are talking about it in Heaven
No, he passed in 87. They were surrounded by the Germans, hence they were the ‘hole’.
Battleground with Van Johnson.
Won an oscar for visual. great movie.
Band of Bros. The only reason Hanks and Spielberg will go to Heaven.
Everybody does know that Patton was a Democrat (from a huge Democrat family in Los Angeles), but he may not have been a registered voter, being in the military so long.
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