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riversedge

(82,329 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:50 PM Saturday

WWII Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Robert Hilliard: "Next week I'll be 101 years old. In February 1944 when I was




Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen
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WWII Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Robert Hilliard:

"Next week I'll be 101 years old. In February 1944 when I was 18 years old I was inducted into the army and what they taught me to do there was to kill people who set up detention camps. Can you imagine how I felt earlier this year when they announced that one of the future detention camps would be at that same camp landing in Florida? We have a fascist, a fascist government, that allows innocent people to be put in detention camps and incarcerated."

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WWII Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Robert Hilliard: "Next week I'll be 101 years old. In February 1944 when I was (Original Post) riversedge Saturday OP
I think he meant Camp Blanding, in Starke, Florida, about 45 miles southeast of Jacksonville. sop Saturday #1
kick Dawson Leery Saturday #2
3 step process Whip-poor-will Saturday #3
When a WWII centenarian + relogic Saturday #4
Sir, I am so sorry your country has let you down. Grim Chieftain Saturday #5
So, is krasnov gonna have this guy arrested not fooled Saturday #6
Republicans be like "It can't be fascism if Americans are doing it!" Beartracks Saturday #7
Powerful. Glad to see he's in good shape Warpy Saturday #8
This man is a true hero MustLoveBeagles Saturday #9
K & R malaise Saturday #10

sop

(19,971 posts)
1. I think he meant Camp Blanding, in Starke, Florida, about 45 miles southeast of Jacksonville.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:00 PM
Saturday

"Florida is actively preparing the Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Clay County to serve as a major immigrant detention and deportation facility. Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the site is designed to hold up to 2,000 detainees awaiting deportation, operating as part of a broader state immigration enforcement and mass-removal blueprint."

Whip-poor-will

(674 posts)
3. 3 step process
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:40 PM
Saturday

I carcerate

C oncentrate

E xterminate

We're past step one , working on step two and starting step three.

not fooled

(6,823 posts)
6. So, is krasnov gonna have this guy arrested
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:23 PM
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for being "antifa"?

How stupid do people have to be to not see the parallel between what this hero fought against and what krasnov is doing now?

Warpy

(114,771 posts)
8. Powerful. Glad to see he's in good shape
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:48 PM
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able to stand unbent and walk and soeak loudly and distinctly.

I'm glad my own father didn't live long enough to see fascism come to the US, although he had an inkling of what was happening during Dubya's first term and voted for Kerry as his last presidential vote.

I can imagine his disgust at the current administration.

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