[libstripper]

How they did it the right way under FDR in WWII.

[SAMWolf]

I wonder if they fed the prisoners only ethnic German food and gave them copies of Mein Kampf, printed in German, to read in their free time.

[Riley]

I've been to what used to be Fort Hunt. It's a park now. Lots of gun emplacements from the Spanish-American War, IIRC.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Clearly FDR's violation of the Geneva Accords demonstrate he was indeed, a war criminal. When the dems come for W regarding Abu Garibe's harsh underwear torture, Ranger Bies' account of FDR's violations will allow Republicans to include him for historical context.

[marktwain]

My friend, George (Tex) Ferguson, was reportedly the 2nd most decorated American in WWII. He wrote up his memoirs in the 70's and sent them off to the Army and Navy for permission the publish. The Navy gave permission nearly immediately; the Army, never, and kept the manuscript. I doubt if it still exists. What a tragedy.

He was in charge of the "Bushmaster", a unit that trained in Panama and conducted behind the lines intelligence gathering operations on the Pacific Islands occupied by the Japanese. Later, he was assigned to the European theater in time for the D-Day invasion.

He was a most remarkable man.

[Gritty]

[hellbender]

"So hush-hush was their work for P.O. Box 1142 that the men recruited for it were ordered to never mention it. To this day, some have refused to speak to the park ranger gathering their oral histories, believing that the oath they took more than 60 years ago can never be broken."

Too bad such honor and integrity are hard to find today. Needless to say, these men did not run to the Slimes and the ComPost to leak stories about the "violations of the Geneva Convention."

[OriginalIntent]

...operations at Fort Hunt were "not exactly legal" .

The ACLU needs to sue these old interogators and build a monument condemning the U.S. for winning WW2.

The ACLU's next move should be to try demonize the entire WW2 generation and get some liberal judges to declare our victory as unconstitutional, requiring reparations.

But, then again, since the ACLU has already been demonizing the first 200 years of America (America has always been evil according to the left), I guess they already have the WW2 generation covered.

[zeugma]

Great story. Thanks for posting.  You have to wonder how much history we've lost access to because of government secrecy and time.  

 

[Enchante]

My, My .... I guess the ACLU and John Conyers will have to demand that FDR and Truman both be impeached retroactively. Not exactly in line with the Geneva Conventions, huh? Amazing that this even appeared in WaPo, but few in MSM or Demagogic Party will notice.

[GreyFriar]

Modern 'civil liberties' fanatics are taking this to their own extreme. The interrogation of prisoners of war enroute to a PoW camp was routine for both the Allies and the Axis during WWII. Look at the stories of US Army Air Force personnel who were shot down over Germany, after they were captured nearly all went to one of several interrogation centers before they went to a Stalag where they were processed and the Red Cross was notified. Please note that the Japanese were not signatories to the Geneva Convention and Red Cross agreements.

ACLU types will want to make all sorts of claims (without proof) that dastardly things were done, but the main question is "why" when the folks had been captured after their U-boat was sunk or in the combat zone and they had no really current information. Remember that was during a period with uniformed armies and wanted to conquer countries and people, not stateless terrorists who want to convert the world to Islam and give people the choice of "convert or die." Just ask the two Fox newsmen who were released.