Matrix Games Forums

Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

An American Hero Passes

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [General] >> General Discussion >> An American Hero Passes Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
An American Hero Passes - 8/16/2008 6:54:01 PM   
cdbeck


Posts: 1374
Joined: 8/16/2005
From: Indiana
Status: offline
James Hoyt, one of the soldiers who liberated Buchenwald, dies at 83.

Apparently there is a new book called "The Oxford Project" coming out that will feature an interview with Hoyt. Some of the stories he told were horrifying and it is awe-inspiring to note that Hoyt was only 19 when he witnessed these things and did these deeds for his country. When I think of what I was doing when I was 19, I thank Hoyt and others like him for his sacrifices to make me able to live a comfortable and happy life.

To all the veterans out there, thank you, and RIP Mr. Hoyt.

SoM

_____________________________

"Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet!"
(Kill them all. God will know his own.)

-- Arnaud-Armaury, the Albigensian Crusade
Post #: 1
RE: An American Hero Passes - 8/16/2008 7:48:01 PM   
Greybriar


Posts: 1148
Joined: 2/9/2007
Status: offline
Rest in peace, James Hoyt.

_____________________________

This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee

(in reply to cdbeck)
Post #: 2
RE: An American Hero Passes - 8/16/2008 9:48:17 PM   
Dennistoun


Posts: 233
Joined: 10/17/2007
From: Perth, Scotland.
Status: offline
I completely agree SoM. I certainly think that young people in our country don't realise how lucky they are not to be growing up in a situation where their country is involved in a global conflagration like our grandparents used to. I guess that if they did, then there would be none of the stabbings and shootings, with which they are responsible for, would "decorate" the front pages of our newspapers.

(in reply to cdbeck)
Post #: 3
RE: An American Hero Passes - 8/17/2008 12:16:43 PM   
Grell

 

Posts: 1064
Joined: 4/1/2004
From: Canada
Status: offline
R.I.P.

_____________________________


(in reply to Dennistoun)
Post #: 4
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [General] >> General Discussion >> An American Hero Passes Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

2.625