Stalin Sculpture at D-Day Memorial Dishonors American Heroes: Join the Protest |
| By John Ritchie |
| June 11, 2010 |
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| The despot Stalin murdered at least 20 million people. |
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| What would the victims of communism and the D-Day heroes think? |
For most Americans the answer is simply “no.”
However, a prestigious $50,000 bust of Stalin now stands at the newly inaugurated National D-Day Memorial located in Bedford, Virginia, in the very place where the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of American heroes is honored.
Mind-boggling, isn’t it?
In the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Lee Edwards, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, points out that “Since the fall of the Soviet Union, statues of Joseph Stalin have been torn down all over Europe.”
Yes. Torn down. Not erected. That is why many Americans, especially war veterans, feel slapped in the face, shocked to see a memorial of Stalin erected on our own soil.
Retired Navy officer R. Stephen Bloch put it this way: “It’s a tragic time for Bedford, Va., which now is known as the town that loves Stalin more than it loves its own veterans.”
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National D-Day Memorial Foundation
P.O. Box 77
Bedford, VA 24523
Toll-free: 800-351-DDAY
Email: dday@dday.org
Comments
I remember in 5th grade-a long time ago, we even got a communism book to study and had a whole semester on the Threats of Communism and what to look for, what it does... I remember everything from that semester and how scared it made me. We all need to know to NOT repeat History!
But, was Russia involved in the D-Day Invasion,
which beach did they land on, how many Russians
died on that beach? Where did they go after they landed. How many Germans did they kill after they landed?
I just don't understand why anyone would put a
bust of Stalin at a D-Day Memorial.
Maybe I'm wrong, but did anyone else who participated on the shores of France and landed on D-Day, slaughter 20 million of their own people? This alone should keep a bust of Stalin from being displayed at any D-Day Memorial.
You and your Board have erected a monument to one who:
1. murdered more than 20,000,000 people;
2. personally signed the order to execute in the most brutal way 22,000 Polish officers in KATYN (I recommend that you see the film "KATYN" and at least get a feeling of what it was like to live and die under your hero's rule);
3. had nothing to do with Allied D-Day invasion;
4. became a co-belligerent only because Hitler, his fellow butcher of Europe, turned on him.
You and I have discussed this issue before. My impression of you after our conversation was that you are impervious to rational argument and crassly insensitive to the millions of those whom Stalin murdered and to those who, like myself, still bear the emotional and physical scars of his brutality.
Shame on you and shame all those who supported you in this ignoble project.
Dr. Witold J Lukaszewski
The Woodlands, Texas
I suppose it only stands to reason – to appease Stalin in his lifetime, Polish troops were denied their right to participate in the WWII Victory Parade despite being the fourth largest Allied Army. And now in post-mortem, Stalin is exalted by you to look down on us – the remnant families of those he sent off to Siberia or to their deaths in Katyn.
Small wonder the Communists party in Russia, had the nerve to petition the Orthodox Church to canonize him! And should that come to pass, I’m sure you will see to it that Stalin's statue will sport a halo.
Retired Navy officer R. Stephen Bloch put it this way: “It’s a tragic time for Bedford, Va., which now is known as the town that loves Stalin more than it loves its own veterans.”
I can guarantee you that no one knows the sacrifices made in D-Day than the town of Bedford. It is ignorant of Ret.Ofc. Bloch to make this statement.
Reference: http://worldwar2history.info/D-Day/Bedford-Boys.html
Regarding the bust of Stalin:
I'd rather the bust stayed and some information be made available to the contribution he made to D-Day but also the horrible acts he later did.
We should never rewrite our history otherwise we are doomed to repeat it.
People should know what Stalin did and continue to be reminded so that 20 more million do not die again.
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