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Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | 12/02/2009 | Staff Reports

Posted on 12/02/2009 11:39:47 AM PST by Restore America

Col. Van T. Barfoot, one of the country's last-surviving Medal of Honor winners, is under the gun from his Henrico County community's homeowner association. In a five-paragraph letter to Barfoot that he received yesterday, Barfoot is being ordered to remove a flagpole from his yard.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: barfoot; elderly; hoa; medalofhonor; moh; oldglory; recipientnotwinner; richmond; veteran
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To: wbill

You misread the citation. He took on Mark VI (6) tanks, not Mark IV (4) tanks. The Mark VI is also known as the Tiger I, and was a huge mf’n tank, that mounted the devastating German 88mm gun.


41 posted on 12/02/2009 12:51:16 PM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: Restore America

Col. Barfoot, age 90. A beautiful man and a patriot.
42 posted on 12/02/2009 12:54:44 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Little Pig
Ah, my bad. Thanks.

The Tigers *were* huge. As an aside, Tigers were how my Grandfather found out that the Germans had broken through at The Bulge.

He was scouting ahead for positions for his unit, came around a curve, and wound up nose-to-nose with one. Pop always said that the only thing that saved his life was that his jeep's driver was just a little bit faster than the tank's gunner. :-)

I suspect that either of them were change-your-shorts moments. I can't imagine facing down three. Alone. With only a bazooka.

43 posted on 12/02/2009 1:04:36 PM PST by wbill
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To: Restore America

If anyone learns of a defense fund, please post info and count this old Nam Vet in!


44 posted on 12/02/2009 1:05:23 PM PST by Conservative Vermont Vet ((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
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To: Restore America

Get the American Legion and the VFW involved maybe they can help.


45 posted on 12/02/2009 1:05:45 PM PST by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: catman67
We get such men from America ... and don't let the DBM and the rest of the liberals fool you. We still get them.

He achieved a mobility kill on one of the three, which is probably as much as was possible with a bazooka. In fact, if he was actually aiming at the track (which he hit) he was smart. No way would it have penetrated the frontal armour. The other two got away. Citation doesn't say what happened to them.

46 posted on 12/02/2009 1:06:49 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Michael.SF.
Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks.

This man clanks when he walks and this HOA Board wants to take him on about a flagpole???? Hope I get to read how that didn't work out for them...

47 posted on 12/02/2009 1:12:11 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: steve-b

He needs to take down the flag pole and shove it right up the asses of the board members.Screw the unAmerican covenants.This does not even begin to convey how pissed I am.


48 posted on 12/02/2009 1:12:56 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Restore America

The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 may be of help to this fine American. In addition, someone may need to file a grievance against the lawyer for the homeowners’ association if he is asserting a frivolous claim, which seems likely. You have to return hardball with hardball with scum lawyers.


49 posted on 12/02/2009 1:17:47 PM PST by olrtex
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To: VA_Gentleman; Restore America
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091112/NEWS01/911110355/Man-s-fight-against-HOA-to-fly-flag-ends-with-new-laws

I see this flag every day....sounds like California is ahead of the curve.

50 posted on 12/02/2009 1:19:18 PM PST by ErnBatavia (Obama is a DIC....... Ditherer-in-Chief)
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To: ArrogantBustard

“got away” is probably an accurate description. Had they continued their charge, TSgt Barfoot probably would have chewed through their hulls with his teeth.


51 posted on 12/02/2009 1:30:15 PM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
In fact, if he was actually aiming at the track (which he hit) he was smart. No way would it have penetrated the frontal armour. The other two got away. Citation doesn't say what happened to them.

I guess it doesn't matter what happened to them. If they left the field of battle, or were otherwise inconsequential in said field after his engagement, then it was as if he took them out as well.

Either way, he's given more than his fair share for Flag and Country, and this HOA should get a German 88 shoved up their collective asses!

52 posted on 12/02/2009 1:50:04 PM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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To: Restore America
I will never voluntarily live in a community with an HOA or oppressive covenants.

The power-hungry are the most undiluted at that level.

53 posted on 12/02/2009 1:52:59 PM PST by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: AFreeBird

He’s certainly done more than his share to defend this great Nation. He’s a hero and an inspiration to all of us. Or should be, anyway.

The HOA deserves an ass-kicking. In this case, the proper weapons for defeating the enemy are legal filings, subpoenas, and the like. I hope he finds an ally who is as adept with those weapons as he was with firearms and explosives.


54 posted on 12/02/2009 1:55:16 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Restore America
I have a nodding acquaintance with Col. Barfoot through my father who also served in the 45th Infantry Division in WW2 and Korea. I last saw the Colonel at a Remembrance Service held by these old warriors at the Air Force Academy Chapel in October 2007 where he and my father sat together.

The idea that these petty p###ant bureaucrats are bothering this honored veteran makes me wish that Kipling was still around to compose another verse of "Tommy";
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,

55 posted on 12/02/2009 2:23:08 PM PST by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Guess we can expect the POS in the WH to step in and support him just like he did for his Marxist professor soul mate from Cambridge.../sarc


56 posted on 12/02/2009 3:22:57 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: j-damn
One wonders why this gentleman, who went to such great lenghts to kill Nazis, would willingly submit to live under such petty tyrants.

I think that he moved there to be close to his daughter who was already living there. A 90yo REQUIRES a support structure nearby, speaking from experience of moving to be close to my 92yo father who is Col. Barfoot's compatriot from the 45th ID (Thunderbirds)!

57 posted on 12/02/2009 3:48:44 PM PST by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: Venturer

There are not enough raw adjectuives to describe a low life sorry piece of excrement who would order any Medal of Honor winner not to fly his flag ,no matter what he wishes to use as a flagpole.


No offense intended, but No American should be restricted in any way their Right to fly the flag on their property. This man deserves our support, someone set up a legal defense fund and I would be proud to send a donation.
Ping me if one is started!


58 posted on 12/02/2009 4:12:13 PM PST by JohnD9207 (REGISTERED RIGHT WING THUG!)
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To: JohnD9207

Ping me too.


59 posted on 12/02/2009 4:33:29 PM PST by Venturer
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To: steve-b

Another outrage against our country brought to you by people that are not worthy to lick the soles this mans shoes.


60 posted on 12/02/2009 5:02:35 PM PST by D Rider
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