When you think of hero's of WW 2 who do you think of ?

Question

Canada in 1939 Canada decalred war upon Germany -
There are many speakers of that day the PM and so on Sir Winston will never be forgotten but :

While some Americans such as Presscot Bush traded openly with the Nazi regime's turning death into profit

George King of Canada of Britian and the entire Empire of Britian - who had a terrible stutter who spoke badly who was not raised to be King -
Stayed in his post - at Buckingham Palace in London durring the blitz of London
While Mr. P Bush later convicted in the US of trading with the enemy (1942)for supplying money to Hitler at a profit - which directly murdered Canadian and British personel and prolonged the war

King George of the British Empire lead a peoples to freedom despite the actions of George W Bush's grandfather - who for the lust for money and the justification of the corperate buck Gave and recieved from Hitler - Money lots of money

Despite America facisim was deafeated King George is the hero I think of

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8450558837192717138

An old record of King George who struggled to speak - who believed God rather than the almighty buck

A hero who in spite of those who lusted after power and money stayed and served His people well


A hero of the 2 War

Plunged in war the Kings address to the Empire - again as he struggles to speak

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-69-1966-12704-10/life_society/twt/


The above google link is a site detailing the how's and when's of George W Bush's grandfathers treason to all free men as well as the American corperate embrace of facisim from 1913 to today


I do apologise I got the links mixed up

John T

I love the King who lead us then I love the Queen who we have now -

Prescott Bush and others in the American corperate world murdered British troops and they prolonged the war by their actions

I am a patriot I can say no such thing as to such men who made profit off killing Jews and British and Candian soldiers

And one of those men who did this

Was the grand father of your current facist leaning President

I am the patriot

He is not

God bless this Commonweath of Nations free under on Crown

Answer 1

The first person I always think of is my great grandfather who actually was in WW1, as when it is bought up about hero's, thats the 1st person, who I think of. Although I never knew him, he was a hero to my family.
I also think of those people who fought for their country and never came home(The forgotton ones).
To me those people are hero's as well as the the hero's that made it home. Imagine the nightmares that they have to live with for the rest of their lives. No one knows what they saw or even know what they went through, so most of their family are effected by their traumer as well. The generation of today, so far, are lucky that they dont have to experience what their Great Grandparents had to experience. I actually hope they never do!
So to answer your question all of the WW2 vets are Hero's in my eyes.

Answer 2

When I think of the heroes/heroines of World War II, I think of the Americans, the Australians, the British, the Burmese, the Canadians, the Chinese, the Dutch, the Filipinos, the Indians, the Malays, the Thais, the Vietnamese, and the other Asians who fought against the Japanese from 1931 - 1945.

Answer 3

The nameless people who did deeds that were never recorded.
Arlington is filled with them.
Along with the graves at Normandy and other place through the world.

I would have to start with the Medal of Honor winner.

If you are going back to WWII please remember this JFK was transfer from the Atlantic to the Pacific because he was sleeping with a know Nazi spy.
PT-109 yep he was told not to go into that area and violated orders and was ram by Japanese destroyer.

Other heros FDR who turn away a ship load of Jews to face the holocaust. Than to die in the arms of his mistress.

Becare when you poke around the past there are many many skeletons.

Answer 4

Allied: 442 Regimental Combat Unit, Matt Urban, Audie Murphy, Navajo Code Talkers, Churchill, 101st surrounded at Bastogne, Vassili/ Zaitsev and those small units that got off of bloody Omaha.....

Axis: Michel Whitmann, Rommel, Hausser, Kurt Meyer, 503 Heavy Tank Battallion, Erich Hartmann, Africa Korps, Skorzeny, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa

Answer 5

I think of every man who put his feet on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day as a hero! Each man who parachuted behind the German lines was a hero. These men were not just American or English, they were from different countries that had allied with us to defeat the Nazi war machine. Certainly there were some outstanding men who did great things, but to me they were all heroes. I thank God they all had the courage to do what they did for all of us & for those who had been denied freedom by the Germans. Those who fought in the Pacific were fantastic, they had more than guts, they had so much courage it almost makes you feel that they should have lived forever so that we could be honoring them for centuries to come. The men in the Batan death march, the Aussies who whistled "Waltzing Matilda" as they marched off to death; all of these & millions more were my heros.

Answer 6

All trade serves the objective of profit or no-one would engage in it. For many years before our entry into the war, Americans were permitted and even encouraged to trade with Italians, Germans and Japanese, not just Prescott Bush. No-one would have conducted perfectly legal trades were it not profitable to do so. Furthermore, it is almost absolutely unlikely that Prescott
Bush might be any more likely to assume that trading with Germans, if he actually did so, might result in atrocities. He would have taken his lead from President Roosevelt himself.

Regarding heroes, I like to think of the fellows actually fighting the battles, such as Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of the war. I also think of my own uncle, whose bomber was shot down near the beginning of action over Europe, so that he spent 3.5 years in German prison camps.
True heroes from the allied nations numbered in the millions upon millions. Think of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, whose arm was destroyed in the Italian Campaign. Among the Generals I like General Omar Bradly because he seemed to be inspirational while remaining soft spoken. Among the political leaders I prefer Prime Minister Churchill because he could be so brilliant and so inspirational at the same time.

Personally, I have served in one war zone and I learned that almost everybody involved is a true hero. If you have any living relatives who served in the terrible cause of WW2, be sure to thank them from the bottom of your soul as their remaining days are very few.

Answer 7

I have read some about Grandpa Bush. Property was seized. Since he was not taken to trial for anything where do you get the conviction from? Visit the link for a British article

In regards to the Hero's of WWII:

Every guy that froze his butt off in Alaska, France,Belgium, Luxembourg, The North Atlantic, The North Pacific.

Every guy that roasted in Africa and The South Pacific.

Every POW

Every guy that did some support function to keep them going.

Every Rosie

Every Merchant Marine that sailed the ships delivering supplies to Russia and England.

EVERY guy that was in a Liberating Unit as defined by The Holocaust Museum and saw the camps in person.

I am sure that if you have family meeting any of that criteria that they don't think much of you!

Answer 8

I know it's a generic answer - but the men who stormed the beaches on D-Day. It's hard to pick a single event, a single person, a single anything... but I think D-Day really showed people throwing themselves against great odds.

As for Prescott Bush - yeah, the guy should have been thrown in a pit and forgotten by all worthy creatures.

Answer 9

I have many hero's , My Great Uncle Frank West Point Class of 18 served in the US Army in the 20's and 30's in the Far East sent to Great Britain in 1942-45 as a member of the SHAFE staff, and dead in 1946 when he was part of the Army of Occupation in Japan and is Buried at Arlington. My Father and Uncle who gave up their lives when they were in their best years to fight for this country and carried their scares for the rest of their lives.all the men and women who did the same. Hero's are everywhere and easy to find in wartime. They are what makes Democracies great.

Answer 10

My Uncle Louie. He was at Pearl Harbor and participated in every major Pacific naval campaign in the war. I remember watching him cry while watching a documentary on the USS Franklin, shedding tears for his 724 shipmates who gave their lives to save the "ship that wouldn't die." May he rest in peace.

Seems you leave out Sir Winston Churchill in your accolades. He played a much more important role during the war than King George did.

As for the rest of your rhetoric, please feel free to print it out, roll the print out into a tight tube, apply a light coat of grease, and ... In particular, that "Despite America facisim" comment. If it wasn't for the United States, you'd be calling women "fraulein" and learning to sing "Deutschland uber alles" instead of "God Save the Queen."