'I have everything in my life because of him': Poignant moment Holocaust survivor salutes American soldier who liberated him from Nazi concentration camp hell in emotional reunion after 70 years

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Subjects: WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sun 2014 Dec 7, 6:58am
by: mindful webworker & wars past

Ghosts of Pearl Harbor must moan over the state of the nation. I know we the living do.

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Subjects: WW2

on: PoliNation • Tue 2014 Nov 11, 2:50pm
by: A Mindful Webworker

"Seventy years ago, Nazi soldiers descended on my tiny village in the Carpathian Mountains, rounded up me and my family and packed us into cattle cars headed for Auschwitz.

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Subjects: WW2, US military, vengeance

on: YouTube • Sat 2014 Aug 16, 10:03pm
by: A Mindful Webworker

I can't believe it.

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Subjects: WW2, war

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 Jul 21, 8:36am
by: mindful webworker - in the middle of America

MTF: Not sure how I feel about the pictures of Japanese marines coming ashore [in Hawaii].

I'm sure how I feel, just on general principle. Only seven decades later? 'Way too soon.

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Subjects: Japan, US military, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Fri 2014 Jun 6, 11:54pm
by: mindful webworker - shut up, the Intelligensia explained patiently

Tonight's downloaded videos playlist at Casa Webworker ended (after British Hockey and French Bulldog) with...

the Normandy speech by Reagan from thirty years ago.

followed by

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Subjects: Impeach Obama, Normandy, Ronald Reagan, Vlad Putin, webworker, WW2

on: PoliNation • Fri 2014 Jun 6, 10:37am
by: A Mindful Webworker

Watching this again last night with Mrs & daughter, one of the most stunning things, after all the ama

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Subjects: Ronald Reagan, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 May 26, 8:29am
by: mindful webworker haz a question

Some time back, parsed over three mornings, I think, I posted an excerpt from my Uncle Ed's book, War Stories. He was in the Red Circle Division (71st) in Europe in 1945.

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on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2014 May 10, 8:04am
by: easily influenced

Hey, did anyone read Uncle Ed's War Stories?

And am I too late to say, Morning, Glories!

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Subjects: aloha, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Wed 2014 May 7, 8:10am
by: mindful webworker's Uncle Ed

[Continuing War stories by EO Swain, from yesterday
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=348986#c22104952

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Subjects: US military, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Tue 2014 May 6, 7:41am
by: mindful webworker's Uncle Ed

[Ed did not have time to change out of a suit into his uniform — regs notwithstanding — before heading out with the guys.]

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Subjects: sex, US military, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 May 5, 8:09am
by: mindful webworker - on a long leash

A little something different:

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Subjects: US military, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 Apr 28, 8:29am
by: mindful webworker

...Japan's diplomate Sugihara, I assume. -J.J. Sefton

Yup. I'd never heard of this.

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Subjects: Japan, Jewish, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 Apr 28, 7:48am
by: mindful webworker

Morning, Glories!

I've read up to Poppin's H'wood tale, but before I refresh my coffee and read of our moral superiors in theatre... and comments beyond...

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Subjects: Jewish, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sun 2014 Apr 27, 9:23am
by: mindful webworker - witty phrase goes here

"1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier."

Bet that felt good.

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Subjects: WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Fri 2014 Apr 4, 9:02am
by: mindful webworker - clik4 new webwork

"The workers at the warehouse thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it, causing the explosion."

Incredibly ignorant presumptions aside...

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Subjects: bomb, dumb stunts, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 Feb 17, 8:37am
by: mindful webworker voted for him, but...

"Mitt Romney told GOP pals Sunday to drop talk of ex-President Bill Clinton's sexual shenanigans..."

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Subjects: Adolph Hitler, Bill Clinton, Impeach Obama, Mitt Romney

on: Ace of Spades • Fri 2014 Feb 14, 7:09am
by: mindful webworker with coffee at last!

"I'd rather buy a car from the grandsons of the people who tried to kill my father on Tinian and Okinawa than those cocksuckers in Detroit." -DanInMN

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Subjects: alternative history, Communism, Impeach Obama, Vlad Putin, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2014 Feb 10, 7:28am
by: mindful webworker

"Survived both Hitler and the Hungarian communists. Went through some tough personal situations here...."

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Subjects: Cold War, Jewish, mercy, soul, WW2

The true victory of WW2

When he started college he was a walk on running back although he had never played football before. He was an agriculture prof for many years and retired in 2000.

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Subjects: heroes, reward, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2014 Jan 4, 10:37am
by: mindful webworker - I saw the Dangling Participles open for

"I don't think that's a really apt comparison. ... I have no doubt whatsoever that 1940's America had Ethan Krupps, they just didn't do shit.
Posted by: KG

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Subjects: Pajama Boy, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2014 Jan 4, 10:04am
by: mindful webworker - I saw the Dangling Participles open for

Thanks, Texas Dave.

Before I tab over to read the linked article...

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Subjects: heroes, US military, WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2014 Jan 4, 9:43am
by: mindful webworker

Cool. New Overstreet post by good ol' Dave in Texas.

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Subjects: WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2014 Jan 4, 7:02am
by: mindful webworker

@Erowmero: Heh! That is one heck of a 'multitasking!"

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Subjects: WW2

on: Ace of Spades • Sun 2013 Dec 29, 10:05am
by: Guy Who Didn't Make It to the End of the War