To: beaversmom
My hat is off to a very brave young man.
To: beaversmom
Huh? Wait a minute now. You mean he’s not black?
To: beaversmom
4 posted on
03/17/2024 11:40:40 AM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: beaversmom
They just don't make "teens" like they used to …
5 posted on
03/17/2024 11:41:37 AM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: beaversmom
6 posted on
03/17/2024 11:43:05 AM PDT by
linMcHlp
To: beaversmom
7 posted on
03/17/2024 11:43:45 AM PDT by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: beaversmom
Thomas was awarded the George Medal in 1945 but died in a house fire before he could receive the honour. survived a sinking German U-boat, but died in a common house fire at the age of 18
11 posted on
03/17/2024 12:12:50 PM PDT by
PGR88
To: beaversmom
Quite a fifteen-year-old. Bravo young man!
14 posted on
03/17/2024 12:41:09 PM PDT by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.c)
To: beaversmom
October 1942.
1942 was a horrid year of losses in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Thanks in large part to this brave lad, Doenitz had to recall all U-boats from the north Atlantic in May 43.
15 posted on
03/17/2024 12:54:21 PM PDT by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: beaversmom
This story is part of the myth the British concocted to cover the fact that Enigma system had already been broken by the Poles before the war started. Bletchley Park did little more than lay the icing on the cake and take credit for baking it.
A fairly complete account is found in "Last Hope Island" by Lynne Olson, pub. 2017 Random House.
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