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LeftInTX

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5. Something happened with my grandfather. We will never know the story because the records were destroyed in that

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 01:54 AM

Oct 6

St Louis fire.

He was either shot or was knifed in a bar fight. He didn't speak English, so we don't know what happened or whether he deserved one or not. He was in from April 1918-Jan 1919. They didn't send him overseas, seeing that he really would have been a liability since he did not speak English. Heck he got fired from a job because they were ordering him to "push it", which sounded like Turkish for "kiss". It filled my grandfather with rage and he punched a guy out and was promptly fired on the spot, in what was likely his first day.

Anyway, he was just happy to have his VA medical benefits and wear his American Legion hat.

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Trump gives himself a purple heart in NC. Beyond disgusting............. [View all] riversedge Oct 6 OP

He is vermin oldtime dfl_er Oct 6 #1

That's gross. Solly Mack Oct 6 #2

My grandfather was a purple heart recipient. Initech Oct 6 #3

Something happened with my grandfather. We will never know the story because the records were destroyed in that LeftInTX Oct 6 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Autumn Oct 6 #16

My uncle got it when he was wounded in Italy during WWIi ananda Oct 6 #10

No matter what he pins on himself, Trump's heart is black... dchill Oct 6 #4

Black, or True Dough Oct 6 #14

"His" second, actually TommyT139 Oct 6 #6

He's a draft dodger who calls US soldiers "suckers and losers" BoRaGard Oct 6 #7

My father had two Purple Hearts ... Straw Man Oct 6 #8

and you know at the end of the day Conjuay Oct 6 #9

My father lost two and half toes to frost bite fighting Nazis Emile Oct 6 #11

Another antic designed The Unmitigated Gall Oct 6 #12

Both of them are deplorable malaise Oct 6 #13

Same as the previous staged Purple Heart event. pwb Oct 6 #15

Some idiot who earned a purple heart in combat gave it to trump? Stupid is as stupid does. Autumn Oct 6 #17

I'm sure JD Vance will get right on this example of stolen valor. yardwork Oct 6 #18