Statue vandals seem to have mistaken WWII hero for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee

Fox News ^ | 2-22-19

[SJackson]

Statue vandals seem to have mistaken WWII hero for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, museum officials say

Vandals in North Carolina may be in need of a history lesson after having set fire to a statue honoring a World War II hero they apparently mistook for a Confederate general, officials said earlier this week.

A white marble monument of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William C. Lee, who commanded the 101st Airborne Division's "Screaming Eagles" during World War II, was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire last week, museum officials said. The statue bears black scorch marks running up its left side.

The suspects seem to have confused Lee with Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army during the Civil War some 80 years earlier, officials said.

“I was surprised that anybody would do that to this museum statue,” Mark Johnson, curator of the General William C. Lee Airborne Museum in Dunn, told Goldsboro's WNCN-TV. “This is not a Civil War museum and this is not Robert E. Lee.”

Aside from their last name, the two Lees have nothing in common, according to Johnson. The former Lee was known as the father of the U.S. Airborne Army and an international war hero of World War II, he told the station.

[IronJack]

Ignorant AND violent ... must be aunty-fae.

[dangus]

>> Aside from their last name, the two Lees have nothing in common, <<

Well, they WERE both generals. Could be more stupid: SJW idiots at ESPN reassigned sportscaster Robert Lee.

[SJackson]

General Lee, aka Admiral Yi Sun-shin. I'm not sure why they call him General Lee, but they do. Even Google which makes it official.

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General Lee Korea

Admiral Yi Sun-Shin (Hunminjeongeum: 이순신; Hanja: 李舜臣; April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean naval commander famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty, who became an exemplar of conduct for both the Koreans and Japanese.

Died:

16 December 1598 (aged 53); Namhae Island, Joseon Korea

Born:

28 April 1545; Hanseong, Joseon Korea

Yi Sun-sin - WikipediaWikipedia

[SJackson]

Sheila “Jackson” “Lee”? Talk about a 2-fer!!

Never thought of that. What was with her parents, didn't know any African names?

[gcparent]

Guy on radio reminded me history not required in college unless it’s your major. Last time most peeps took history was 10th or 11th grade.

[dfwgator]

Bruce Lee statue.

[ExGeeEye]

Didn't read it, didya.

A white marble monument...was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire...[leaving] black scorch marks running up its left side.

[fella]

Trump’s fault.

[jimfree]

They are just that sharp.

[\/\/ayne]

These radicals hate real Nazi fighters.

[VanDeKoik]

“The suspects seem to have confused Lee with Gen. Robert E. Lee”

And this is assumed....why?

[Ouchthatonehurt]

They need a history lesson?...they need glasses!

[ssaftler]

Doesn’t matter to the snowflakes. I’m sure this Lee was oppressing the Japanese, Germans, Italians, anyone who wasn’t a White American.

Therefore, any memorial for him must be destroyed and his memory erased from the SJW studies that have replaced the history classes.

[Red Badger]

It’s totally logical.

To a liberal, HISTORY began at breakfast this morning.

SO ONE LEE IS THE SAME AS ANOTHER..................

[dfwgator]

I’m even starting to hear the SJWs defend the Japanese, since they were fighting against Western Imperialism and just wanted Asia to be for the Asians.

[a fool in paradise]

Horses fart and that labour is against their freedom. You have to break a horse to train it...

[a fool in paradise]

How DOES Shiela Jackson-Lee get elected with that name?

[Patriot Babe]

What war did he fought in?

[oh8eleven]

was doused with flammable liquid
The flammable liquid was set on fire, not the MARBLE statue.

[SJackson]

Exactly. Though that means there was no slavery.