[GraceG]

[ War has many bad aspects. One of them is the spectacle of good, honest, honorable men killing each other ... often on behalf of the most vile members of society. ]

I would imagine a lot of those who stayed in the military under Obama can now empathize.

[NorthMountain]

Bath House Barry is certainly in that "most vile" category. He differs from Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and the like only in degree, not in kind. Don't doubt for a minute that he, or Hildebeeste, or any of that lot would put us Deplorables in concentration camps if they could figure out how to do it.

As for Captain Hardegen ... He deserved a better fate than serving in the Kriegsmarine under Hitler. Too bad he didn't follow the lead of Captain Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp.

[Clutch Martin]

Pops was sunk by U-132. Film crews even did a short documentary onboard U-132 with what believe is the same crew. I wish my father lived long enough to see the internet. He would have been fascinated.