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GB_RN

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8. I Had Several Relatives In WW2...
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:37 PM
May 24

First and foremost, my maternal grandfather, who was a B-25 pilot (USAAF, 12th AF), but also my great uncles (USMC and US Navy - South Pacific campaign, and two USAAF officers) and several cousins (USMC on Iwo Jima, US Navy S. Pacific, and US Merchant Marines, Murmansk supply run convoys). And these are just the family I know of who served.

A few other people I know of: My next door neighbor (from when I was growing up), was an officer in the 82nd Airborne. One of the faculty members in my dad’s department at the local medical school was a B-17 crew member. The grandfather of my sister-in-law was a B-17 ball turret gunner, and ended up a German POW.

Anyone who voted for Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent betrayed the sacrifices of every single person I just listed, all 13 million other Americans who served, and especially the 420k who didn’t come home.

Fuck these MAGAty assholes. Fuck ‘em all.

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