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A Time for Choosing speech Oct 27, 1964
It is a photo of 18,000 men preparing for war during World War I at Camp Dodge in Des Moines, Iowa…
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“I Fought for You”
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Thank you – to all who have served with this great nation.
Thank you – for your sacrifice.
May God Bless America.
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Naylor said, “Each week, the Veterans Administration estimates 140 veterans take their own lives, and we want those forgotten soldiers to be remembered this Memorial Day. Those who carry the burdens of war or the burdens of service, and for some, that burden is too great. They take their lives.”
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Naylor continued, “It’s those who died in battle, in service, that we remember on Memorial Day. But let’s not also forget those who, today continue to carry the scars of service and 140 veterans, it’s estimated, take their lives every week, a shocking number, who are scarred.”
According to the VA’s most recent data, there were more than 6,000 veteran suicides each year between 2008 and 2016. In 2016, the suicide rate was 1.5 times greater for veterans than for non-veteran adults.
It is “not a new thing” for America to “not look out for our veterans,” observed Naylor, recalling the struggles of American World War I veterans seeking employment during the Depression of the early 1920s.
Naylor reflected on Memorial Day’s objective of remembrance. “It’s right that we should take time to remember those who served, and especially those whose lives were lost,” he stated. “Those who went to foreign lands — ‘Over There’ was the song that was sung — to fight for ideals, and gave their lives for people who they never knew. What a remarkable thing that people would do. So it’s right that we ought to remember their sacrifice.”
“It’s really an important moment for us to remember the cost of liberty and freedom that we enjoy,” Naylor advised, describing Memorial Day’s purpose as “leeping alive the memory of those who served and reminding us of the debt we owe our forebears.”
Naylor added, “Remembering those who served, especially those whose lives were lost in those wars and wars since, is the right thing for us to do.”
Naylor contrasted the World War I era’s attitude towards military service with today.
“In some respects, the power of community was so different than it is in our experience today, and so the sense of obligation that they had to country, for many people, was significantly different than the sort of individualism we have today,” estimated Naylor.
“I think, surely, that has a profound effect on people’s willingness — or their sense of obligation that they had — to serve. There really wasn’t much of a choice. Men and women who served in World War II would say the same thing,” remarked Naylor.
Americans in the World War I and II era had “a great sense of obligation which is a different sort of experience than we experience today,” assessed Naylor.
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On the other side of the Atlantic, at Arlington National Cemetery, the president of the United States lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier paying homage to America’s fallen. The story of a salty gunnery sergeant links the two iconic events, a Marine who received two Medals of Honor and who had two names, including one he falsified: Ernest A. Janson.
“Fix bayonets!”
The piercing shriek of Marine whistles and guttural bellows of “Follow me!” trailed the order as the men of Janson’s 49th Company emerged from the woods. Dawn turned gray, and light bathed the flowing fields in front of the men. “Dewy poppies, red as blood” dotted the waist-deep wheat.
The Marines advanced in Civil War–style formations. As they gazed to their right and left, they viewed a panorama largely untouched by the Great War: sinuous hills of grain, clumps of trees, and a lush, verdant forest that served as a hunting preserve prior to the war. The dense kidney-shaped woods known as Bois de Belleau occupied roughly one square mile of land where in June 1918 the U.S. Marine Corps and Army’s second Division would make an epic stand that halted one of the German army’s final great offensives of the war on Paris.
Two deep ravines cut through the trees, and massive boulders, some the size of a small building, littered the ground making Belleau Wood a natural fortress. A ridge 142 meters high, and therefore dubbed Hill 142, sprawled to the west. Janson’s company had to take and hold the hill from hundreds of battle-hardened Germans. Unbeknownst to the attackers, the Marines faced a battalion from the German 460th Regiment and a battalion of the 273rd Regiment (both understrength), including several machine-gun companies.
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Janson’s story is captured in my national bestselling book, released this week in paperback The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home.
An angry red sun emerged just above the horizon in the cloudless blue sky behind the men’s backs. Many turned their heads, some for the last time, to glimpse the blazing sunrise. At that instant, German shells and machine-gun bullets ripped through the golden farmland, striking flesh and bone.
As men began toppling like dominos, Marine officers screamed, “Battle-sight! Fire at will!” Their voices broke through the din of the battle and the anguished cries of wounded and dying men.
Although vastly outnumbered by the Germans, Janson’s company and another Marine company miraculously seized Hill 142, but platoons with an original strength of around sixty men had withered to a pitiful handful of men led by a corporal. Most of his officers were dead.
Reinforcements had not arrived. Moving from one position to another, Janson ordered his men to dig in and set up strongpoints and outposts. The Marines scoured the hill for working German machine guns and belts of ammo. Making the most of his meager force, the Marine sent out a few men as scouts to keep an eye on their flanks.
Then the heavy thud and thunder of German artillery shook the hill. Janson knew the shelling signaled one thing.
The German counterattack on Hill 142 had begun.
The deafening blasts of grenades dashed their feverish efforts to bolster the anemic defenses on Hill 142.
A bloodcurdling scream emanated from the direction of Gunnery Sergeant Ernest Janson’s fighting position. A moment earlier, out of the corner of his eye, the forty-year-old Janson had caught sight of more than a dozen Stahlhelm helmets weaving through the underbrush in front of his foxhole. Janson leapt into the infiltrating column of Germans, who had positioned five machine guns to annihilate the 49th Company. He impaled the belly of the first soldier and twisted the bayonet’s keen blade, eviscerating him. Withdrawing his bayonet, the gunny lunged again, penetrating the torso of the next field-gray-clad soldier.
Janson’s commanding officer Captain George W. Hamilton described the furious fight: “Shooting to beat the devil. Not more than twenty feet from us was a line of [about] fifteen German helmets and five light machine guns just coming into action.” All alone, Janson sprang at the Germans.
His war cry alerted the rest of his company who, adding their efforts to Janson’s heroics and baleful bayonet, killed or scattered the column, forcing them to flee and abandon their weapons. Severely wounded, the Marine veteran, with his daring charge, saved the 49th and the hill. Had the Germans been able to set up their guns, they would have obliterated the 49th and retaken the hill.
For his bravery and disregard for his own safety, Body Bearer Gunnery Sergeant Ernest Janson would become the first recipient of the Medal of Honor for the American Expeditionary Force, receiving both the Navy Medal of Honor and the Army Medal of Honor.
Since Janson served as a Marine in the Army’s 2nd Division with the unit’s 4th Brigade (consisting of two Marine regiments) both the Army and Navy could recommend him, a practice the services did away with shortly after WWI. The two medals were awarded to Charles Hoffman—Janson’s alias he used to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
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Born August 17, 1878, in New York City, Janson was nearing his fortieth birthday in the summer of 1918; this made him an old man in the eyes of the men he led. He had originally enlisted in the US Army under his real name, Ernest Janson, and served for ten years before going absent without leave, a criminal offense. He later had a change of heart and reenlisted in the Marine Corps. To avoid detection, he altered his name to Charles Hoffman before joining the Marines. His ruse worked, and Janson was a model Marine. His service records state that he was an expert rifleman and a sharpshooter. He had received a promotion to sergeant in 1914 and served aboard US Navy ships during the lead-up to America’s involvement in the Great War. In the first weeks of May 1917, Janson and many of his fellow Marines, who had served as members of the Marine Guard on board the USS New Hampshire, formed the 49th Company, 250 men strong, at Norfolk, Virginia.
In 1921 General John J. Pershing the former commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France selected Janson and seven other men to bring home the remains of the Unknown Soldier. Pershing’s Body Bearers, as they would be known, were some of the most daring heavily decorated enlisted men to fight in World War I. Their histories uniquely span America’s service branches and specialties uncovering an untold story within a forgotten story of Army, Navy, Marines, Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery (Heavy Artillery), and Combat Engineers.
Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically led the way by breaching mountains of barbed wire and captured scores of German prisoners, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough Bostonian who sacrificed his body to save his ship, artillerists who bombed and shelled their way to victory, and an indomitable hero blinded by gas who still managed to destroy five machine-gun nests and kill one German soldier with a mighty swing from his pickaxe.
The Unknowns tells their extraordinary stories. It weaves the larger narrative of America’s involvement in the Great War through the previously untold history of the Body Bearers culminating in the story of the Unknown Soldier who we honor every Memorial Day along with America’s fallen from all of our conflicts.
Patrick K. O’Donnell is a bestselling, critically acclaimed military historian and an expert on elite units. He is the author of 12 books including The Unknowns: The Untold Story of American’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home which is currently available on the new release table at Barnes & Noble and Washington’s Immortals which has been named one of the 100 Best American Revolution Books of All Time by the Journal of the American Revolution. O’Donnell served as a combat historian in a Marine rifle platoon during the Battle of Fallujah and speaks often on espionage, special operations, and counterinsurgency. He has provided historical consulting for DreamWorks’ award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers and for documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Discovery. PatrickkODonnell.com @combathistorian
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump marks Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on May 28, 2018. (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images)
We should be remembering the 4,435 American troops who died in the Revolutionary War.
We should be remembering the 2,260 American troops who died in the War of 1812.
We should be remembering the 13,283 American troops who died in the Mexican War.
We should be remembering the 364,511 American troops who died in the Civil War.
We should be remembering the 2,446 American troops who died in the Spanish-American War.
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We should be remembering the 116,516 American troops who died in World War I.
We should be remembering the 405,399 American troops who died in World War II.
We should be remembering the 36,574 American troops who died in the Korean War.
We should be remembering the 58,220 American troops who died in the Vietnam conflict.
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We should be remembering the 383 American troops who died in the Persian Gulf war.
We should be remembering the 4,410 American troops who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
We should be remembering the 73 American troops who died in Operation New Dawn.
We should be remembering the 2,347 American troops who died in Operation Enduring Freedom.
We should be remembering the 76 American troops who died in Operation Inherent Resolve.
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We should be remembering the 69 American troops who died in Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
We should be remembering the eight American troops who died in the Iranian hostage rescue mission.
We should be remembering the 265 American troops who died in the Lebanon peacekeeping mission.
We should be remembering the 19 American troops who died in Operation Urgent Fury.
We should be remembering the 23 American troops who died in Operation Just Cause.
We should be remembering the 43 American troops who died in Operation Restore Hope.
We should be remembering the four American troops who died in Operation Uphold Democracy.
“Our fallen heroes have not only written our history, they have shaped our destiny,” President Donald Trump said on Memorial Day in 2018. “They inspired their communities and uplifted their country and provided the best example of courage, virtue and valor the world will ever know. They fought and bled and died so that America would forever remain safe and strong and free.”
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Pete DuPre’, also known as “Harmonica Pete,” wore a WWII veteran hat and Team USA soccer shirt. After playing the national anthem, DuPre’ smiled and waved to the crowd at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, before returning to his wheelchair.
96-year-old World War II veteran Pete DuPré played the national anthem on a harmonica before the @USWNT match 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/TP3ggIF3z9
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@notthefakeSVP @StanfordSteve82 Best thing we saw today! pic.twitter.com/t2ejq2GuJg
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) May 27, 2019
“The audience grew respectably silent throughout the majority of the expertly carried-out song, but were unable to contain their cheers as the last bars played,” People magazine reported.
According to a statement from the USWNT via NJ.com, “During WWII, DuPré served as a medic in the 114th General Hospital Unit in Kidderminster, England. At age 17, both of his parents had already died, making him the acting patriarch of a five-person family.
“Within a year, Pete had enlisted in the Army serving three years overseas during which time he treated wounded servicemen from all areas of Europe.”
The U.S. women will play their first World Cup game on June 11th when they take on Thailand in Reims, France.
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On Saturday night, the Israel Fire and Rescue Services on Saturday declared the end of a widespread campaign to extinguish the blazes which burned down 7,940 dunams (1,962 acres) of forests. One thousand firefighters were called up.
Authorities have listed arson and incendiary devices from Gaza, faulty power lines, scorching temperatures climbing to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and Lag B’Omer holiday bonfires as possible causes of the fires.
According to officials, a new fire ignited every 2.5 minutes. Twelve firefighting planes joined the operation and nine more were sent by other countries including Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Croatia.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked those countries, and Egypt in particular for providing two helicopters, for sending aid.
“I am deeply thankful for the readiness of neighbors to help us in a time of crisis, just as we help them,” Netanyahu said.
Israel remains on high alert after wildfires destroy 40 homes (AFP).
The Ben Shemen Forest in central Israel suffered the worst devastation. Adjacent to Ben Shemen is Mevo Modi’im, a village comprised mostly of American immigrants, in which 45 out of 50 houses burned to the ground. Nearby Kibbutz Harel was also hit hard and residents of both communities are still evacuated.
Mevo Modi’im residents, evacuated to the Ben Shemen Youth Village, were in uncannily high spirits as they sang songs at Havdalah — the celebration marking the end of the Sabbath.
“We were struck by a disaster, but Shabbat is Shabbat and its sweetness gives us our lives,” Alon Tigar, chairman of the community’s association, told the Ynet news site. “We are a strong community and we will build Mevo Modi’im 2.0, we have the hope. I spoke with government officials and they promised to help. I hope they make good on their words.”
Sruli Portnoy, who lived there with his wife Chaya, wrote, “We are going to come back like a pack of phoenixes — bigger, better and more beautiful.”
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Gagliardi Photography / Shutterstock; apiguide / ShutterstockA baby developing in the womb gets less respect from liberals than some species of endangered sea turtles whose nests are protected by law. (Gagliardi Photography / Shutterstock; apiguide / Shutterstock)
Hypocrisy is not a new look for the left.
While the left pickets on the front steps of state legislative halls over bill that dare protect a human baby once a heartbeat is detected, they are silent when it comes to a law that protects the unviable fetuses of the Atlantic Loggerhead.
A quick read of Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Act proves my point: “A person, firm, or corporation that illegally takes, disturbs, mutilates, destroys, causes to be destroyed, transfers, sells, offers to sell, molests, or harasses any marine turtle species or hatchling, or parts thereof, or the eggs or nest of any marine turtle species described in this subsection commits a felony of the third degree.“(FLA. 379.2431 (1)(d)(5))
Yes. You read that right.
Florida levies a stiff burden for a first-time offender of harassment of turtle eggs — to the tune of up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. However, if you abort a human baby, the left tells you to celebrate it on social media or go watch a comedy routine that makes abortion jokes.
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The Florida law threatens to imprison and fine a person for disturbing a turtle, egg or nest during nesting season. But the left is outraged at states have for drawing a line in the sand to protect human life. They are furious that someone dare tell a mother she is not allowed to murder her own child.
They picket and protest that it’s unfair. They shriek and howl that that thing inside a mother is “not a baby.” (They really say that. Watch it here.)
As they sigh in feigned frustration that a group of legislators dare protect human life more than turtle life, they reveal the underlying issue: They don’t care.
They don’t care that “viability” as a standard could give license to kill grown adults.
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They don’t care that science has expanded the period of viability, not restricted it.
They don’t care that abortion lets rapists off the hook. That abortion lessens responsibility of men who prey on vulnerable women. That abortion affects minority babies far more than Caucasian ones.
They simply do not care.
No one on the left is screaming that Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Act is a vestige of a bygone era. They are not complaining that protecting those eggs is unfair to the autonomy of female leatherbacks.
They aren’t throwing blood on themselves and dog-piling each other to expose the injustice of saving the unviable fetuses of the Lepidochelys kempi.
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To be clear, conservation is good. Protecting the creation that God gave us is a worthwhile goal. But murdering those who are fashioned in the image of their Creator is neither moral nor compassionate.
Abortion is shaping up to be the most controversial issue of the 2020 election. The arguments on both sides expose a fundamentally different perspective of the value of human life. The left much prefers for the controversy to be put behind us because as science develops, so does technology that reveals with great clarity and definition that life within the womb is human, valuable and worthy of protection.
Medical advancement and research only weakens the lefts’ argument. So they become more desperate. They lean so heavily on the argument of a mother’s “choice” that they now — with a straight face — endorse measures that allow a baby to be aborted at full term and even post birth.
The greatest resource that God gave earth is human life. We must protect these innocent lives at all costs. At every stage. For all time. Without exceptions.
America finds itself once again at a moral crossroad. The iron is hot.
It is time.
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