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A couple of months ago, Dave in Texas, Gabriel Malor, Kevlarchick and I were at the National World War II Memorial in D.C. There was a group of veterans there from Wisconsin who were visiting their memorial, and in speaking with one of them we learned that a member of their group who was scheduled to be on the trip had passed away just the week before. There weren't a lot of dry eyes at that moment.
The whole time we were there, I couldn't help but think of my wife's grandfather, who on December 7, 1941, was aboard the USS California (BB-44), the flagship of the Pacific fleet, which was moored on Pearl Harbor's "Battleship Row". He fought to keep her afloat as long as he could and then swam through a deadly mix of petroleum, seawater and fire after the order to abandon ship came.
He served throughout the war in the Pacific and then remained in the Far East during the postwar rebuilding. Returned to his native and beloved Texas after that and raised a family that I was lucky to become a part of. I miss that man.
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Democrat Strategist Ruy Texiera: The Public Gave the Democrats a Clear Message About Their Rejection of Identity Marxism, But the Democrats Don't Want to Listen
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David Samuels: Barack Obama Created and Maintains an Echo Chamber Messaging System That Deranges and Perverts People's Thinking Every Day
LOL: MSNBC Reportedly Demands That Joy Reid, Stephanie Ruhle Take Pay Cuts to Keep Their Jobs
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Just The ONT, Ma'am
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Quick Hits
Democrat Strategist Ruy Texiera: The Public Gave the Democrats a Clear Message About Their Rejection of Identity Marxism, But the Democrats Don't Want to Listen
Kamala Harris To Be Offered $20 Million in a Media Payoff Disguised as an "Advance" on Book Royalties
Plus: Media Makes Excuses for Covering Up Biden's Obvious Senility
AGAIN: A Car Plows Through a German Christmas Market at a Very High Speed, Sending People Flying Like Bowling Pins, Killing an Unknown Number
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