From Asses to Horses in One Easy Lesson
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Fascism, 1941
fascism
.... any system of government in which property is privately owned, but
all industry and business is regulated by a strong national government.
n.
Thorndike Century Senior Dictionary,
1941
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Monte Cassino, 1944
It
became U.S. 34th Division's task (joined by 142nd Regiment of 36th Division)
to fight southward along the linked hilltops towards the intersecting ridge
on the south end of which was Monastery Hill. They could then break
through down into the Liri valley behind the Gustav Line defences.
It was very tough going: the mountains were rocky, strewn with boulders
and cut by ravines and gullies. Digging foxholes on the rocky ground
was out of the question, and each feature was exposed to fire from surrounding
high points. The ravines were no better since the gorse growing there,
far from giving cover, had been sown with mines, booby-traps and hidden
barbed wire by the defenders. The Germans had had three months to
prepare their defensive positions using dynamite and to stockpile ammunition
and stores. There was no natural shelter, and the weather was wet
and freezing cold.
Wikipedia
Battle of Monte Cassino
II Corps in the mountains north of Cassino
On
February 11, after a final unsuccessful 3-day assault on Monastery Hill
and Cassino town, the Americans were withdrawn. U.S. II Corps, after
two and a half weeks of torrid battle, was fought out. The performance
of 34th Division in the mountains is considered to rank as one of the finest
feats of arms carried out by any soldiers during the war. In return
they sustained losses of about 80% in the Infantry battalions, some 2,200
casualties.
Wikipedia
Battle of Monte Cassino, Aftermath
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Bastogne, 1944
The
American soldiers were outnumbered approximately 5-1 and were lacking in
cold-weather gear, ammunition, food, medical supplies, and senior leadership....
Due to the worst winter weather in memory, the surrounded U.S. forces could
not be resupplied by air nor was tactical air support available due to
cloudy weather....
Wikipedia
Siege of Bastogne, Battle
The
101st Airborne Division's casualties from 19 December 1944 to 6 January
1945 were 341 killed, 1,691 wounded, and 516 missing. The 10th Armored
Division's CCB incurred approximately 500 casualties....
Wikipedia
Siege of Bastogne, Aftermath
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Iwo Jima, 1945
The
fighting on the beachhead at Iwo Jima was very fierce. The advance
of the Marines was stalled by numerous defensive positions augmented by
artillery pieces. There, the Marines were ambushed by Japanese troops
who occasionally sprang out of tunnels. At night, the Japanese left
their defenses under cover of darkness to attack American foxholes, but
U.S. Navy ships fired star shells to deny them cover of darkness.
Many Japanese soldiers who knew English would deliberately call for a Navy
corpsman, and then shoot them as they approached.
Wikipedia
Battle of Iwo Jima: The amphibious landing
....
According to the official Navy Department Library website, "The 36-day
(Iwo Jima) assault resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including
6,800 dead." To put that into context, the 82-day Battle for Okinawa
lasted from early April until mid-June 1945 and U.S. (5 Army and 2 Marine
Corps Divisions) casualties were over 62,000 of whom over 12,000 were killed
or missing; while the Battle of the Bulge lasted 40 days (16 December
44 - 25 January 45) with almost 90,000 U.S. casualties; 19,000 killed,
47,500 wounded, and 23,000 captured or missing.
Wikipedia
Battle of Iwo Jim, Aftermath
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Fascism, 2013
The
more I learn, the worse it seems. Monte Cassino, Bastogne, and Iwo
Jima are only three examples from hundreds. It isn't acceptable that
so many men endured so much only to have us lose our liberty through stupidity
or negligence. It's an insult to the memory of those men. We
should do something about the fascist police state that the United States
has become. We shouldn't compromise with it. That's only another
form of surrender. We could try to destroy it but, usually, revolutions
only replace one police state with another one. Maybe the best option
is to abandon it. For that, we don't need a revolutionary army.
We can do it as individuals. So, let's "get off of our asses and
onto our horses", and get started.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
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