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13. My Pappaw had a German last name

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 21, 2022, 12:25 PM

Feb 2022

He wasn’t my actual grandfather. He put up with a rash of shit and he fought in WWII. He spent two years recuperating from wounds at the Greenbrier which had become an Army hospital. He was a big Kahuna at the VFW too but people said horrible things to him all the time.

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Was my dad wrong? [View all] Lydiarose Feb 2022 OP

I've always said that a war is never over until the last man that fought in it has died Walleye Feb 2022 #1

Well said JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #6

Same attitude to Germans? ret5hd Feb 2022 #2

It is all in the eyes I reckon. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #4

See my post below JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #7

My Pappaw had a German last name underpants Feb 2022 #13

He personally fought the Japanese Lydiarose Feb 2022 #14

it is all impossibly complicated. NewHendoLib Feb 2022 #3

I don't know JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #5

Your dad's hatred of Russians Lydiarose Feb 2022 #25

Some vets have been able sarisataka Feb 2022 #8

People are a product of their times. Of course we tend to judge them all Chainfire Feb 2022 #24

Interesting take Lydiarose Feb 2022 #26

Given his experiences, whathehell Feb 2022 #9

I have been known Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #10

You don't see the difference? ret5hd Feb 2022 #16

I have stayed far Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #17

But the diff between what/how a person says, does, acts... ret5hd Feb 2022 #18

I guess Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #21

And that's the same as being "caught off guard" by someone being Asian? ret5hd Feb 2022 #22

and many who served got over stopdiggin Feb 2022 #11

War changes who people. Having said that, racism is racism. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #12

Yes Effete Snob Feb 2022 #15

There was a lot of anti-German and anti-Japanese propaganda produced during WWII No Vested Interest Feb 2022 #19

Some Native Americans today despise whites Kaleva Feb 2022 #20

He is not the only one, for sure. Chainfire Feb 2022 #23

You have had some good answers DashOneBravo Feb 2022 #27