1. El Compromiso Antifascista de los Veteranos.
Numerosos participantes en la conversación enfatizan que sus familiares veteranos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial eran inherentemente antifascistas (Antifa), viendo su servicio como una lucha directa contra la tiranía y el odio. Esta identidad se contrasta a menudo con la política contemporánea.
- My grandfather was captain of the uss betelgeuse in guadalcanal. My dad was in the 12th mountain division. They were antifa.
- My father was antifa before i was born. 3rd infantry division under patton, rock of the marne sicily, salerno, anzio 3 purple hearts thats the face of antifa!
- My grandfather carried a bar from vichy france to austria with the 103d infantry division. Bar stands for browning antifa rifle.
- My dad was original antifa 10th armored division, pattons 3rd army. Battle of the bulge.
- The founder of antifa the 1st infantry division of the us army in continuous operation since 1917, was created to deploy to france in wwi, and proceeded to vigorously touch nazis across europe with malice aforethought and generous helpings of spite. The big red one.
2. Divisiones en el Teatro Europeo y la Liberación de Campos.
Se mencionan repetidamente divisiones que participaron en batallas cruciales como el Día D y la Batalla de las Ardenas, y que jugaron un papel fundamental en la liberación de campos de concentración, un evento que traumatizó profundamente a los soldados.
- My father was a platoon sargent in the battle of the bulge, he also help liberate mauthausen concentration camp in austria. 11th armored division, thunderbolts.
- My grandfather was in first division infantry. The big red one. He carried a grenade fragment in his back until he died in 1975.
- My grandfather was in the 69th armored field artillery battalion, part of the 42nd infantry rainbow division on the day they liberated dachau. He never spoke of it.
- On april 29, 1945, the u.s. 7th armys 45th infantry division liberated dachau, the first nazi concentration camp. My grandfather, at 18 yo, was one of the soldiers.
- 81 years ago my father, robert kopecky landed in normandy france on d4 with the 2nd armored division. Theyd been deployed to liberate europe from a political party and government that, among other things, had spent a decade imprisoning, deporting and executing millions of undesirables.
3. El Servicio de la 10ª División de Montaña y los Marines.
La 10ª División de Montaña es destacada por su lucha en los Alpes italianos, un frente a menudo "olvidado" después del Día D. Las divisiones de Marines son recordadas por su brutal servicio en el Pacífico, especialmente en Iwo Jima y Guadalcanal.
- My father immigrated to this country, joined the army and served overseas in the 10th mountain division. He was one of the first people hired into the apollo program after getting a phd.
- My fathered in the tenth mountain division. He was wounded three times. That unit had more causalities than any other unit other than the nisei.
- My father was a wwii vet fighting the guadalcanal campaign, the taking of mt. Surabachi on iwo jima, and occupied nagasaki after we nuked them.
- My grandfather in the 5th marine division was 55, 125lbs soaking wet on iwo jima.
- My father was a combat veteran during ww2 serving in the 82nd airborne division. He fought against fascism.
4. Divisiones en la Guerra de Corea y Vietnam.
Aunque la mayoría de las menciones se centran en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, varias divisiones mantuvieron su relevancia en conflictos posteriores, como la Guerra de Corea y Vietnam, y algunas incluso jugaron roles históricos en la lucha por los derechos civiles en casa.
- My dad was in the 101st airborne division that guarded the little rock 9. Outside being a dad, he said it was one of his proudest moments.
- My dad served in korea as well. He was in the first marine division at the chosin reservoir. He suffered ptsd for nearly four decades.
- My father, an officer in the 1st armored division, fought the fascists across north africa, through sicily, and on to the liberation of rome, earning a bronze star. Then he fought communists in korea, receiving another bronze star.
- My father, john sullivan, is a vietnam veteran, assigned to the 23rd infantry division. We are very proud of him and every veteran in our country.
- My dad was a machine gunner in the first marine division, fighting in guadalcanal and tulagi.