[JoanneSD]

Byrd, who was 28 when he wrote the letter, told Bilbo he would never fight in an integrated armed forces. "Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds," he wrote. This man Sen. Byrd is 3rd in line for the Presidency. as I type...and was a proud member of the KKK.

[colorado tanker]

Byrd, who was 28 when he wrote the letter, told Bilbo he would never fight in an integrated armed forces

And he never did, did he?