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applegrove

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Sat May 24, 2025, 07:25 PM May 24

You betrayed us: [View all]

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Sheryl with an S (@beachblond52.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T19:42:14.372Z


My grandfather fought in WW2. He didn't have to go. He was 44 when he saw action. He was artillery. He got runover by a Polish tank and left for dead (friendly fire it is called). They found him walking around the Netherlands the next day. He went back to his men when he was healed. He came home and worked his but off in his job as a lawyer and in charities, especially the Grenfell Mission in Labrador fighting poverty and for healthcare there. That generation learnt what was important. No surprise that generation that witnessed the war had to die off before we would be looking at fascism again.
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