[MtnClimber]

In his last public statement before he succumbed to cancer, my father said, “It is only in the United States that a penniless survivor of the Holocaust and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground could have received an education, raised a family and had the privilege of serving the last three decades of his life as a Member of Congress. I will never fully be able to express my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country.”

[rktman]

My wife’s family faced similar circumstances by being German immigrants to Yugoslavia. Not Jewish, but not supporting the Nazis landed them in internment camps. Her mom was 4 but her aunt was ripe for the picking. Thankfully for me, her mom immigrated here before Mrs rktman was born. Through the entire Ellis Island route. Some folks are ungrateful “hateriots”. Being a citizen, sadly these days, doesn’t mean you’re an American. Thanks for the post.

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[rlmorel]

"...What Would My Father Say to America?..."

Hm.

My father, a 30 year Navy vet has been gone 26 years now, and I can imagine him sitting at the kitchen table, cigarette in one hand, cup of coffee in the other. Looking out the kitchen window into the distance, his blue eyes fixed on nothing in particular, pondering the daily news he might have heard had be been alive today.

He was not a big talker, but I'll bet he would have a lot of things that would be rolling around in his head.