A Bastard of Bastogne
May 26, 2014 10:24:42 #
Today we honor those who dies in battle. Let us also honor those who survived the battle, came home and led normal lives.
Though my husband served, he did not see combat in WWII. Woody, the husband of a good friend was not so fortunate. he was a paratrooper, and was one of those who would talk about his experiences. He and his friends decided they would not come home and they tried to live each day to the fullest.
At Bastogne, they were surrounded. They each had 1 bullet left, and had decided they would not be taken alive. Had the Germans rushed them, it would have been over. They heard tanks in the distance, and knew it was over. Then they heard a voice saying. "Hold on white boys, we're here to save you." A colored tank battalion had broken through, and a colored man was sticking his upper body out of a tank.
Woody said he jumped on the tank hugged the colored man, and that was the last time he ever felt discrimination. He was from a small southern town, but every time he saw a colored man, he thought of the one in that tank.
Woody died in 1990.
Though my husband served, he did not see combat in WWII. Woody, the husband of a good friend was not so fortunate. he was a paratrooper, and was one of those who would talk about his experiences. He and his friends decided they would not come home and they tried to live each day to the fullest.
At Bastogne, they were surrounded. They each had 1 bullet left, and had decided they would not be taken alive. Had the Germans rushed them, it would have been over. They heard tanks in the distance, and knew it was over. Then they heard a voice saying. "Hold on white boys, we're here to save you." A colored tank battalion had broken through, and a colored man was sticking his upper body out of a tank.
Woody said he jumped on the tank hugged the colored man, and that was the last time he ever felt discrimination. He was from a small southern town, but every time he saw a colored man, he thought of the one in that tank.
Woody died in 1990.
May 26, 2014 10:46:52 #
no propaganda please
Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
grace scott wrote:
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Thank you for posting that. My wife and I read it together and it brought tears to our eyes. Pray for the Fallen Heroes and their families each and every day.
May 26, 2014 11:10:36 #
grace scott wrote:
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The unit was the 761st tank battalion, part of Patton's 3rd Army. Historical trivia.
May 26, 2014 12:27:39 #
Loki wrote:
The unit was the 761st tank battalion, part of Patton's 3rd Army. Historical trivia.
Loki I think it was Patton that said there are no atheists in a foxhole and no color either .
May 26, 2014 12:33:06 #
67p5065 wrote:
Loki I think it was Patton that said there are no atheists in a foxhole and no color either .
Actually, he didn't say anything about color, but the principle remains the same.
May 26, 2014 12:33:06 #
67p5065 wrote:
Loki I think it was Patton that said there are no atheists in a foxhole and no color either .
May 26, 2014 12:34:41 #
May 26, 2014 12:35:23 #
May 26, 2014 12:39:22 #
Loki wrote:
I wasn't disagreeing.
I know that I was just saying I never saw color I saw a man to watch my back every one looked out for every one else color had nothing to do with it.
May 26, 2014 14:33:01 #
cesspool jones
Loc: atlanta
grace scott wrote:
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you have all the respect in the world....not enough, all of the universe too. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
May 26, 2014 14:39:03 #
grace scott wrote:
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Gee, and I was always under the impression it was Patton's tank brigade from his 3rd Army that saved Bastogne. Live and learn I suppose.
May 26, 2014 14:57:30 #
Old_Gringo wrote:
Gee, and I was always under the impression it was Patton's tank brigade from his 3rd Army that saved Bastogne. Live and learn I suppose.
The 761st was not the only unit that broke through. It was one of several. I believe they were among the first.
May 26, 2014 15:58:16 #
May 26, 2014 16:03:01 #
cesspool jones
Loc: atlanta
Loki wrote:
The 761st was not the only unit that broke through. It was one of several. I believe they were among the first.
do you think that grammer and high schools teach WW11 and the ramifications it had on the present world anymore? i know they do, but to what extent?
May 26, 2014 20:01:00 #
cesspool jones wrote:
do you think that grammer and high schools teach WW11 and the ramifications it had on the present world anymore? i know they do, but to what extent?
They are probably too busy teaching multi-culural underwater basket weaving to bother with unimportant stuff like history. Not to mention English, spelling and math. If they do teach it, it is probably revisionist crap like Brian Pooh spouts off; how the REAL reason we fought the revolution was so rich VA planters could keep their s***es. According to him, that is also the only reason the 2nd Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights. Apparently, in California, they actually teach this bulls**t as fact.
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