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Dennis Donovan

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40. It was a straightaway

Reply to DrDan (Reply #39)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:33 PM

Sep 2017

I just gunned it.

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An-tee-fa? MY Dad in 1945: [View all] Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 OP

This is a nation, and government, with a history of convicting people of "premature antifascism"... Journeyman Sep 2017 #1

I think "premature antifascist" references the period between mid-1939 and mid-1941, struggle4progress Sep 2017 #10

"Mow a Nazi is a hotsie totsie" could describe the Trump White House. grantcart Sep 2017 #14

Dalton Trumbo related an interesting brush with being labelled 'prematurely antifascist' Mc Mike Sep 2017 #20

The term seems to have a persistent connection to the Spanish civil war volunteers: struggle4progress Sep 2017 #21

This stuff is very interesting, considering the current Von Ribbentrop Molotov pact we have Mc Mike Sep 2017 #44

I just re-read his 1959 and 1979 introductions: the FBI story is not in the 1970 introduction but struggle4progress Sep 2017 #41

I am sorry to not have the edition I referenced, anymore. Gave it to a young relative years ago. Mc Mike Sep 2017 #43

... shenmue Sep 2017 #2

My dad was at the other end of Germany DFW Sep 2017 #3

Fabulous story wryter2000 Sep 2017 #4

Great story! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #5

Wonderful story ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #7

Before I went there myself, they were just names on Christmas cards we got ever year DFW Sep 2017 #24

Awesome story! think4yourself Sep 2017 #9

He left that impression on a LOT of people DFW Sep 2017 #11

I love the way you take us along on your journeys throughout time and places. NBachers Sep 2017 #13

Just little episodes snatched from the past DFW Sep 2017 #26

This is why I read DU. Ligyron Sep 2017 #23

Hard to imagine these days DFW Sep 2017 #25

THAT is a GREAT story! Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #29

I'm sure the stories are as varied as they could possibly be. DFW Sep 2017 #35

Thanks for sharing that with us madokie Sep 2017 #37

+100 Impeach Trump Sep 2017 #6

great picture . . .My Father was in the Pacific at Pearl Harbor during WWII - not pro-Fascist either DrDan Sep 2017 #8

I had a friend who was @ PH on 12/7/41. Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #30

my Father got there sometime after 12/7 - not sure exactly when DrDan Sep 2017 #33

I haven't flown since 1998 Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #34

that S4 was a great car - I drove a '77 911S for about 15 years - got tired of the high-$ maintenanc DrDan Sep 2017 #36

It was a beast! I took it out on a track before the wreck... Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #38

yow . . . I had my 911 on Daytona a couple of times - but never that fast DrDan Sep 2017 #39

It was a straightaway Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #40

A whole generation of antifa. paleotn Sep 2017 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author JohnnyRingo Sep 2017 #15

My Uncle Henry Canfield JohnnyRingo Sep 2017 #16

Awesome CdV!!! Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #28

My Uncle is currently in France oneshooter Sep 2017 #17

There were many--too many--who made a one way trip that year DFW Sep 2017 #18

Dad missed the landing on D-Day. Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #27

Uncle Edger was one of 500 killed during the oneshooter Sep 2017 #42

Since anti-fascism is a bad thing. Wait what? DK504 Sep 2017 #19

My anti-fa dad was landing troops in Italy to fight the fascists. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #22

My Dad was in Regensburg in 1945, too! bdjhawk Sep 2017 #31

What unit was your Dad in? Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #32