Just for clarification, that sniper was an American GI that thought he was aiming in on a Nazi Zeppelin.
But honestly now, how can anyone validate that claim? The US Graves Services sent a telegram to the family saying "Please expect casket soon STOP contents include dead uncle STOP by the way he was killed by sniper STOP"?
His uncle's commanding officer wrote a letter to the bereaved explaining not how he gave his life in service of his country, but "Oh, by the way Milton Moore was shot in the back by a sniper..."?
The uncle's fellow GIs visited the family of their dead comrade and recounted the tale of how that German/Japanese sniper picked off Uncle Milton as he sat there wolfing down a family size bag of Fritos?
I'd think that investigation is warranted into this claim that Michael Moore had an uncle who served in WWII to begin with, not to mention whether he actually died in combat. Hell, I'm not convinced he was even on our side.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Moore was lying about an uncle dying in WWII.
My mother is looking into Moore’s uncle. (she is a member of one of the genealogy sites) He did have an uncle who died in the Philippines in 1945. He was a paratrooper killed at the end of the war.
Herbert Lawrence was his name BTW.