nurkvinny Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/buchenwald.liberator/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
302Powered Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 R.i.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 R.I.P. Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 R.I.P. Glad to know that some lives actually mean something, and humble to boot. Must have been a real man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 It was fitting for the humble Iowan. Hoyt listed his greatest achievement not as a Buchenwald liberator, but as spelling bee champ of Johnson County in 1939, when he was in eighth grade. "I still remember the word I spelled correctly: 'archive,' " he said. The story of James Hoyt -- mail carrier, spelling bee champ and American hero -- has now been archived for history. Sacrifices like his were something his commander once said future generations should never forget. Its men like this that I actually respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 That was an amazing generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brrcats Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Thats a great story of a great man. thanks for posting that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morabu Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 R.I.P Hero indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Thank you for calling our attention to it. Heroes are hard to find. Even harder to find are genuine American Heroes that will not admit they are any better than anyone. Hand Salute ..... Two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 R.I.P. to an American Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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