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rwsanders

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54. Considering where we are now this speech brings tears to my eyes.
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 01:02 AM
Sep 2020

The cross of iron speech is better than any sermon I have ever heard in a church.
I think I'm going to get Amrose's history of Eisenhower soon. I was in New Orleans for 2 months for the BP spill and finished EVERYTHING in the National WW2 Memorial there. Read every sign, listened to every oral history. I want to go back to see the restored PT-305.
Anyway, the story I heard there was that Ambrose was interviewing Ike for the book, and Ike asked him where he was from. Ambrose said NOLA, and Ike asked if he had heard of Andrew Higgins. Ambrose said no. Ike said that Higgins was the man who won the war for us. So there is a room in the museum dedicated to the Higgins factory. I have a biography, but I'm saving it for when I complete a model of a Higgins PT (the 216).

Not bad. Not bad at all. nolabear Sep 2020 #1
Down with the Antifa! jpak Sep 2020 #2
Well, you have a great picture of RVN VET71 Sep 2020 #19
I don't think Patton minded nazis, he just loved war captain queeg Sep 2020 #3
Patton was a bad ass CatWoman Sep 2020 #5
My family lore spoke of my uncle driving with Patton. We always thought it was made up history until Pepsidog Sep 2020 #13
That's awesome! Talitha Sep 2020 #21
I also had an Uncle that said he drove ambulance MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #40
If Patton had witnessed Trump as a Russian puppet, he'd have slapped Trump Number9Dream Sep 2020 #42
slap nothing CatWoman Sep 2020 #53
He only lived a few months after the war...car accident. brush Sep 2020 #8
dont forget Squidly Sep 2020 #24
Well, that's a tad over the top. brush Sep 2020 #26
Patton pushed Truman to integrate the army tirebiter Sep 2020 #30
He was blisteringly anti-Semitic, though... Aristus Sep 2020 #44
Did he set up work camps for jews tirebiter Sep 2020 #56
No. The Nazis did that for him. Aristus Sep 2020 #57
The original antifa liberal N proud Sep 2020 #4
Good one! NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #6
I'm so old I know who they are..LOL. n/t monmouth4 Sep 2020 #7
Laughing my ass off. We did too!!! Stinky The Clown Sep 2020 #10
Yes indeedy, I named nearly all as the pix scrolled by. Have to go back and look for Eisenhower... Hekate Sep 2020 #15
Any idea who the gentleman in the background in the first picture is? rwsanders Sep 2020 #39
Interesting. Sorry, I don't know at all. nt Hekate Sep 2020 #46
The man on the right isn't who I thought he was. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #51
I think you are right, the uniforms appear to match. rwsanders Sep 2020 #55
;) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #9
Shame Trumpers would have no idea what you are conveying with these pics and that's the problem. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #11
They would call WWII "fake news" DBoon Sep 2020 #35
Good God, how far we've fallen sandensea Sep 2020 #12
The Kurds we abandoned could also be considered "Antifa" Dopers_Greed Sep 2020 #14
brilliant, absolutely brilliant! bluboid Sep 2020 #16
President Eisenhower wryter2000 Sep 2020 #17
Mine too, Ike was the last decent Republican President we've had, all the rest sucked. KS Toronado Sep 2020 #20
You are right about that Kaiserguy Sep 2020 #28
Me too. SharonAnn Sep 2020 #29
If Ike were alive today, he'd be a Democrat FakeNoose Sep 2020 #31
He also coined the term wryter2000 Sep 2020 #32
You would be surprised at how many people do NOT know that about high tax rates. WyattKansas Sep 2020 #33
Impossible to imagine........ MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #43
Considering where we are now this speech brings tears to my eyes. rwsanders Sep 2020 #54
fascism may be an inherited masturbation problem certainot Sep 2020 #18
Excellent! Talitha Sep 2020 #22
This needs to be tweeted to Idiot Boy every time he mentions "Antifia".... Acornsouth Sep 2020 #23
Trumpers are wondering TheFarseer Sep 2020 #25
The CSA was run by prototype fascists. nt NCjack Sep 2020 #37
These images are what I've been posting in words. Thanks. n/t Eyeball_Kid Sep 2020 #27
And I've found one of their subordinates who's STILL LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS!!! muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #34
Yes! CLEARLY a Nazi sympathizer.... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #38
Love BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2020 #36
Ever heard Trump say MacArthur? aidbo Sep 2020 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author Zambero Sep 2020 #45
What the fuck? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #49
My bad take on history Zambero Sep 2020 #52
I've been reading about those characters recently.... paleotn Sep 2020 #47
Excellent. Lots of memes there Cetacea Sep 2020 #48
So true. byronius Sep 2020 #50
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