Posted on 05/27/2008 6:30:30 AM PDT by StopBHO
"In World War Two we didn't have the concept of post traumatic stress syndrome. People had to basically handle it on their own," he said. Referring to an uncle who had been one of the first U.S. troops into Auschwitz, the concentration camp, Obama said: "The story in the family is he came home and just went up in the attic."
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.washingtonpost.com ...
“...Obama also spoke about his uncle, who was part of the American brigade that helped to liberate Auschwitz...”
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/26/politics/fromtheroad/entry4127479.shtml
I am sure that there was no American brigade in Poland in 1945. The Soviets liberated the camp in January 1945 when Americans hadn’t even crossed the Rhine.
Auschwitz is deep inside Poland.
The Soviet Army occupied Poland as the Nazis retreated.
The Soviets also occupied a good chunk of eatern Germany, hence the name of the Soviet satellite state "East Germany."
US troops did not set foot in Poland.
Wow, thanks, wideawake. And even then, the hoax did not include Auschwitz.
Was Hussain’s uncle black or white?
Brilliant!
Presumably white, since no Kenyans fought in US uniform in WWII - the problem is that his mother, Stanley Dunham, was an only child and she was born during WWII.
It was physically impossible for his grandparents to have had any children old enough to have fought in WWII.
So whatever relative he's talking about, it isn't an uncle but some more distant relation who was perhaps called an uncle.
“So whatever relative he’s talking about, it isn’t an uncle but some more distant relation who was perhaps called an uncle. “
I think it was an imaginary uncle up in Obama’s attic.
Hussein presumably means his white uncle. Kenyans did not fight in WWII.
His great uncle, perhaps?
Truth be told, the Bark of the Coverall is hidden in the Bombard's attic!
It’s sad that Obama’s hard-wired liberal voters won’t care one whit about this lie. They will vote for him regardless. Feel good buzz-words over substance.
My dad was with Patton’s army at the end of the war. The unit my father was in, did liberate a Stalag of US POW’s. He also did go to one of the camp, although he was not in the unit. that liberated it. I’ll have to check in my documents and see if I can get the name of the camp.
What I do know is that they both moved far away from their Kansas hometowns, first to Seattle and then to Honolulu.
I doubt that Obama had much personal interaction with any of these relatives, if they existed.
Could have been his play aunt's husband or boyfriend or brother who spoke polish and hacked his way through the Soviet lines with a magic ciupaga.
Patton's troops liberated a number of concentration camps and internment camps.
None of the places they liberated were in Poland, however.
The Seventh Army under Patton liberated Dachau, for example.
And took part in the famous "Dachau Massacre."
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower ordered the entire U.S. 4th Armored Division to tour Buchenwald so they could see the Nazis' brutality.
The camp your father's unit liberated was likely Mooseburg. It was the largest POW camp in Europe. One of my uncles was the first guy through that gate after his tank platoon took care of @ 240 SS die-hards. He's in one of Brokaw's books for it. Very likely he served with your dad.
http://www.14tharmoreddivision.org/menu.htm
I'd love to see Obamalama and McCain each get handed a sheet with 5 history questions at their first debate.
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