tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post6909994638331433696..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: The Past Is Always With UsTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-627751103905571742013-09-30T12:02:16.941-04:002013-09-30T12:02:16.941-04:00Online friend, Harvey Lord, is a retired minister ...Online friend, Harvey Lord, is a retired minister from Maine and he often emails me with feedback. I include his here with his permission:<br /><br />Dear Tom, <br />My brother Kurt worked at the shipyard in the summer of '41 or '42 before he entered Bates college as a pre-med student on an accelerated schedule. He got "flashes" on one occassion when he was accidentally facing a welder with a torch. Extreme pain for 2 or 3 days.<br /><br />Then I rode across the "Pond' in November of '44 as a rifleman with the 69th Infantry div.<br /><br />We were in England when the "Battle of the Bulge" in Belgium began. The orders came down and a third of the division(including me) was yanked out of units that we had trained with--rushed across the channel and thru a "reppo deppo" to various units as replacements for casualties. I happened to be assigned along with 30 others to B Company of the 526th Armored Infantry Battalion. But that's another story.<br /> The North Atlantic in November is a very stormy place-- 30 to 40 foot waves part of the way. But our Liberty Ship held together. When the ship was pitching, the propellor would race. The whole ship would vibrate. We were in a convoy of 30 or so ships plus escort destroyers. If the U.S.S Santa Maria lost its propellor--T.S. The convoy would keep on going. But they built them strong at S.Portland. HarveyTom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-68030020022980922722013-09-27T09:23:44.074-04:002013-09-27T09:23:44.074-04:00I'm curious if you told the little boy to thin...I'm curious if you told the little boy to think for himself and question the corproate historical revsionism that passes for our past (history) today. Like Pearl Harbor. We likely knew the attack was coming and essentially let it happen. Why? Obvious reasons. Gulf of tonkin? Actually didn't happen! Remember the Maine?! that's bs too. World history, let alone our own, is chock full of false flag events that help bring a country to war. That's the world we live in and I hope you pass that truth on. <br /><br />Have you taught that six year old about operation gladio? You may want to.<br /><br />Maybe mention to him how the non federal federal reserve is in fact a huge lie that has international bankers running our country. This year marks the 100 anniversary of the takeover of this nation via the federal reserve act. As a history teacher you must know that it's a farce. Maybe the younger generation will have the guts to stand up to it?Winston Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-48784239963380116202013-09-26T09:39:21.305-04:002013-09-26T09:39:21.305-04:00It is so important to talk to your family members ...It is so important to talk to your family members and hear their stories before it is too late, particularly those who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. We're losing thousands of them every day.Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178960329231922457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-63485887296184657962013-09-25T22:14:44.328-04:002013-09-25T22:14:44.328-04:00And there's all those now leveled fields in Eu...And there's all those now leveled fields in Europe where pretty poppies grow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-32676343129331300102013-09-25T16:33:11.052-04:002013-09-25T16:33:11.052-04:00Of your many fine columns that I've read, this...Of your many fine columns that I've read, this is perhaps the finest. Thank you so much.<br />Andy Dabczynskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-49180890299368646662013-09-25T15:17:19.557-04:002013-09-25T15:17:19.557-04:00I came to the USA on a Liberty Ship in 1946 - one ...I came to the USA on a Liberty Ship in 1946 - one of a contingent of so-called "war brides"...Texas Transplantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-56968207517589997582013-09-25T13:10:09.072-04:002013-09-25T13:10:09.072-04:00AMEN! Beautiful!! ...AMEN! Beautiful!! Laurie from BartlettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com