Jews were discriminated socially in America many years ago. I assure you down in the dirt grunts did not give a damn about your religion nor race as long as you were their warrior brother. It is really that damn simple. They laid down their lives for each other on the beaches of Normandy, the skies over Germany and the long march to Germany to defeat the evil. They were warrior brothers.
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Funny story about a P47 pilot friend of mine, now sadly deceased. His aircraft got shot up pretty bad over Italy and he was just trying to get back to base. Some German fighters were trying to kill him, he was in big trouble.
He was on the radio calling for help. It was some fighters from the black Red Tail Squadron that saved his ass. My friend was a Southern Boy from Louisiana. I asked him how he felt about being saved by black pilots. He said, “those (N word) looked damn good to him that day.” He lost his prejudice he grew up with in battle over Italy. He did use the N word but not in prejudice but that was just what he was and the way he spoke. He was a good man.
Agreed. I don’t shy away from history. Warts and all. It is what it is. We were an imperfect nation that did heroic things.