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U.S. Honors Belgian Nurse for Valor in World War II (Angel of Bastogne finally located)
NYT ^ | 12/13/11

Posted on 12/13/2011 2:01:22 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

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1 posted on 12/13/2011 2:01:25 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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God Bless her.


2 posted on 12/13/2011 2:03:24 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Augusta Chiwy

Back in 40's


3 posted on 12/13/2011 2:03:40 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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Is this the nurse who is portrayed in “Band of Brothers?”


4 posted on 12/13/2011 2:05:59 PM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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I think so.


5 posted on 12/13/2011 2:07:19 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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...was just thinking the same thing


6 posted on 12/13/2011 2:08:35 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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nice clip on YT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJP-MFEPjw


7 posted on 12/13/2011 2:11:11 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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God Bless her.


8 posted on 12/13/2011 2:12:19 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves.)
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Lucie Jeanne played Renee Lemaire, “The Angel of Bastogne” in BoB. She was killed in a night air raid on Dec 25, 1944.

Rebecca Okot played Anna the Nurse,in real life Augusta Chiwy.

The real story here is why it took so long to find and recognise Augusta Chiwy for her valor.

Let’s not confuse history here through the inabilty to do the basic reseatch before posting.

” I think so..” I heard..” “IIRC..” “Someone said..” “Those people in _____”, etc. etc..


9 posted on 12/13/2011 2:25:18 PM PST by wolficatZ (The stupidest thing about television are the morons hitting the "ON" button.)
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"What I did was very normal," Ms. Chiwy said at the ceremony. "I would have done it for anyone. We are all children of God."

That is, it was very normal "for those who believe we are all children of God."

This is the Judeo-Christian faith at its highest and best. May God bless her a thousand times.

10 posted on 12/13/2011 2:25:40 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Just to Be is a Blessing; just to Live is Holy." Rabbi Abraham Heschel)
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First thing I thought of as well...


11 posted on 12/13/2011 2:25:58 PM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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It occurs to me, and so I have to wonder how many of the German soldiers were moved by God to not actually target this woman and or how many bullets fired by them, were deflected by Him to protect her.

I remain a person who is not convinced that God always intercedes in our daily lives. In this instance, I would have a hard time believing He didn’t.

What a heart warming telling of her actions, and her just recognition.

I have no idea what this woman led her life like outside of her war efforts, but it seems clear to me that she walked hand in hand with God and shared His heart for a period of time. No doubt about it...

Can a person aspire to more than this? I don’t think so.


12 posted on 12/13/2011 2:30:33 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Why back in '88, Conservatives backed Gore in Texas. What Reagan revolution? What laegacy?)
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Correction the air raid on Bastogne was Dec 24, 1945

Interview with Augusta Chiwy http://youtu.be/5EqIxiqXocA


13 posted on 12/13/2011 2:40:42 PM PST by wolficatZ (The stupidest thing about television are the morons hitting the "ON" button.)
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I was thinking the same! They left the scene where the hospital was bombed, and we were led to believe she’d been killed.

God Bless her!


14 posted on 12/13/2011 2:51:43 PM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

God bless her.


15 posted on 12/13/2011 3:30:59 PM PST by Guenevere (....We press on.....)
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“(Stephen) Ambrose dubbed Lemaire the “Angel of Bastogne” in his book, and a memorial to the nurse was erected in Bastogne on the 50th anniversary of her death.

King says his and Collins’ research revealed that Prior considered Chiwy more hands-on in the aid station’s grimmest moments, when soldiers hemorrhaged or needed amputation.

“She was the one doing the blood and guts, the battlefield trauma, whereas Renée shied away from it,” King said.”

“King, who sat next to Chiwy during the ceremony, said when they first walked into Monday’s event, she turned to him and said in French, “ ‘They took their bloody time, didn’t they?’ ””

http://www.stripes.com/news/army-honors-wwii-nurse-for-aiding-u-s-troops-during-battle-of-the-bulge-1.163301


16 posted on 12/13/2011 3:33:34 PM PST by wolficatZ (The stupidest thing about television are the morons hitting the "ON" button.)
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heroine ping


17 posted on 12/13/2011 3:42:17 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (Congress: Looting the future to bribe the present.)
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“Correction the air raid on Bastogne was Dec 24, 1945”

The war was long over by then.


18 posted on 12/13/2011 4:13:07 PM PST by kearnyirish2
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Thanks. She reminds me of my mom, little but very tough. She had to be, and had God beside her to accomplish what she did. And she did what was necessary to save many, without care for herself or need for approval afterward.

Amen.


19 posted on 12/13/2011 4:33:28 PM PST by wizr (If God isn't on your side, who is?)
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To: DoughtyOne

Well said.


20 posted on 12/13/2011 4:35:54 PM PST by wizr (If God isn't on your side, who is?)
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