Trump’s comments are misrepresented. I prove this by asking one question:
“Why did the crowd laugh after his quip?”
You can fairly say that Trump was in a back and forth with the proctor and said:
“He’s not...(proctor interrupts,says ‘He’s a war hero’)...A war hero?” That’s a long way from “He’s not a war hero.
As to the blog, my dad, also with the 28th Division, was captured when they got overwhelmed by superior forces at the Bulge, but not before the unexpected, stiff resistance the infantrymen of the 28th put up against an entire panzer army, threw off the German timetable to get to Bastogne, allowing the Airborne guys to get there in time and earn their place in history. Any insinuation that the men of the 28th as a whole didn’t do their duty is pure, unadulterated ill informed BS. Individuals may have bugged out, but the overwhelming majority stayed and fought as long as they could, and many paid with their lives. Read “Alamo in the Ardennes” for a good account of the 28th at the Bulge.
My father never bitched or moaned about being a POW. He thought it was a miserable existence, but better than certain death to no good effect.
I’m as proud of the Marine Corps as the any Marine, but the fact is that the Marines in WWII didn’t have the option of surrendering. The Japanese would have simply murdered them on the spot.