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Southerners are truly America's warrior class. Man for man, the Confederate army was the greatest army the world had ever seen. It is outrageous for Northern liberals and race demagogues to try to turn the Confederate battle flag into a badge of shame, in the process spitting on America's gallant warrior class.
Coon Dog,
I have repped you several times before. Great posts!
Anything by Hank William Jr. is going to be a hit with a TRUE confederate! "If Heaven ain't a lot like Dixie..."
Thanks for your rebel spirit!
Thank You. Enjoy and G-Night ( This time for real )
Sergeant Alvin York, who received the Medal of Honor in World War I for leading seven men to capture 128 Germans, including four officers, was from Tennessee.
The most decorated soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy, was from Texas.
The first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, Hank Elrod, was from Georgia.
General Lucius Clay, commander of the Berlin Airlift, was from Georgia.
General Dwight Eisenhower was born in Texas.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Pacific commander in chief of the Navy during World War II, was from Texas.
General Douglas MacArthur, who commanded Allied forces in World War II in the Southwest Pacific, was from Arkansas.
General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, was from South Carolina.
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, considered by many to be the greatest Marine ever and the only Marine to be awarded the Navy Cross five times for heroism and gallantry in combat, was from Virginia.
It is a vicious slander against the South to claim the Confederate battle flag represents admiration for slavery. It is pride in the South -- having nothing to do with race or slavery.
The battle flag symbolizes an ethic and honor that belongs to all the sons of the South.
Sergeant Alvin York, who received the Medal of Honor in World War I for leading seven men to capture 128 Germans, including four officers, was from Tennessee.
The most decorated soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy, was from Texas.
The first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, Hank Elrod, was from Georgia.
General Lucius Clay, commander of the Berlin Airlift, was from Georgia.
General Dwight Eisenhower was born in Texas.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Pacific commander in chief of the Navy during World War II, was from Texas.
General Douglas MacArthur, who commanded Allied forces in World War II in the Southwest Pacific, was from Arkansas.
General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, was from South Carolina.
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, considered by many to be the greatest Marine ever and the only Marine to be awarded the Navy Cross five times for heroism and gallantry in combat, was from Virginia.
Regardless of what one thinks of Ann Coulter (I happen to respect and admire her), she says it well, here:
The whole country's military history is shot through with Southerners. Phil Ca****, liberal in good standing and author of the anti-Vietnam book "Rumor of War," was one of the first Marines in Vietnam, as a second lieutenant in 1965. He talks about how his best soldiers were Southerners: They could walk for hours and hit anything -- as he puts it -- just like their Confederate grandfathers
And in his haunting memoir of the Pacific War (Goodbye, Darkness), William Manchester wrote of how the Southern boys were the best of the best. Their patriotism was beyond question. As he put it (paraphrased):
In battle, the Southerners amongst us would charge fearlessly and they loved the bayonet..yipping the Rebel Yell of their Confederate grandfathers. How my fathers' side ever defeated my mothers' side will always mystify me..."
Too (Ann again):
It stands for a proud military heritage shared by both blacks and whites in the South. The reverence for tradition and pride in historical antecedents are precisely what make Southerners, black and white, such stalwart patriots
Sergeant Alvin York, who received the Medal of Honor in World War I for leading seven men to capture 128 Germans, including four officers, was from Tennessee.
The most decorated soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy, was from Texas.
The first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, Hank Elrod, was from Georgia.
General Lucius Clay, commander of the Berlin Airlift, was from Georgia.
General Dwight Eisenhower was born in Texas.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Pacific commander in chief of the Navy during World War II, was from Texas.
General Douglas MacArthur, who commanded Allied forces in World War II in the Southwest Pacific, was from Arkansas.
General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, was from South Carolina.
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, considered by many to be the greatest Marine ever and the only Marine to be awarded the Navy Cross five times for heroism and gallantry in combat, was from Virginia.
Those are fine soldiers indeed, but it doesnt quite back up "Man for man, the Confederate army was the greatest army the world had ever seen."
Those are fine soldiers indeed, but it doesnt quite back up "Man for man, the Confederate army was the greatest army the world had ever seen."
I'll have to find the exact quote...but as I recall, Gen. Grant opposed freeing northern POW's -- when it was offered, no strings attached -- on the grounds that the Confederate soldiers were equal to at least three of his. In other words, he would have had to provide for those starving men, and it would have freed up Southerns (who were guarding POW camps) to come fight against him...
While I search for it, I DO know that one Union officer wrote, toward the end -- in awe and admiration -- something along the lines of:
"It is beyond all wonder how such men as the Confederate soldiers fight on as they do. That worn, sick, hungry and miserable, they prove themselves such heroes in a fight is past all explanation..."
It is a vicious slander against the South to claim the Confederate battle flag represents admiration for slavery. It is pride in the South -- having nothing to do with race or slavery.
That may be true for some, but for others, Southern and otherwise, it represents all the distinguishing elements of a reactionary South.
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Originally Posted by DraggingCanoe
The battle flag symbolizes an ethic and honor that belongs to all the sons of the South.
Sergeant Alvin York, who received the Medal of Honor in World War I for leading seven men to capture 128 Germans, including four officers, was from Tennessee.
The most decorated soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy, was from Texas.
The first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, Hank Elrod, was from Georgia.
General Lucius Clay, commander of the Berlin Airlift, was from Georgia.
General Dwight Eisenhower was born in Texas.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Pacific commander in chief of the Navy during World War II, was from Texas.
General Douglas MacArthur, who commanded Allied forces in World War II in the Southwest Pacific, was from Arkansas.
General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, was from South Carolina.
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, considered by many to be the greatest Marine ever and the only Marine to be awarded the Navy Cross five times for heroism and gallantry in combat, was from Virginia.
I wish I could rep you again for this one.We here in Tennessee are very proud of Davy Crockett also.He was pretty mean with "ole Betsy"
I'll have to find the exact quote...but as I recall, Gen. Grant opposed freeing northern POW's -- when it was offered, no strings attached -- on the grounds that the Confederate soldiers were equal to at least three of his.
While I search for it, I DO know that one Union officer wrote, toward the end -- in awe and admiration -- something along the lines of:
"It is beyond all wonder how such men as the Confederate soldiers fight on as they do. That worn, sick, hungry and miserable, they prove themselves such heroes in a fight is past all explanation..."
^ I find that quote at Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, by James M McPherson, attributed to "a Union surgeon," though in another book McPherson attributes it to "a Union officer."
Hey! In looking for that quote at Google Books I ran across a copy of The Century magazine from 1884, which prints an impassioned letter to the editor regarding the origin of the KKK which might shed some light on the bitterness of Southern whites during Reconstruction and after. Hugely interesting.
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