Easy Company’ Veteran to Accompany Kerry to WWII Memorial Opening

[maddezmom]

Easy Company’ Veteran to Accompany Kerry to WWII Memorial Opening


May 26, 2004

For Immediate Release
Washington, DC

Saturday May 29, Joseph Lesniewski, one of the original ‘Band of Brothers’ from the ‘Easy Company’ of the 101st Airborne Division will join presidential candidate John Kerry at the official opening of the WWII memorial. A member of the ‘Greatest Generation,’ like Kerry’s own father, Lesniewski served the United States in WWII.

Lesniewski, a decorated war hero, is one of the 18 living paratroopers from original 147 members of Easy Company. He was trained by the Office of Strategic Studies (OSS) and was part of the heroic and immortalized 506th Regiment depicted in the Stephen Ambrose novel Band of Brothers. Lesniewski “jumped” into enemy territory on D-Day during the invasion of Normandy, earning numerous medals including the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Speaking about his own generation of soldiers Lesniewski said, “We are more patriotic than anybody ever was. I was in combat for 235 days- you don’t have to tell me about patriotism. I believe George Bush is messing things up with this war, the economy and with America’s veterans.”

Kerry and Lesniewski, both combat veterans, met for the first time in May at an airport landing in Erie, PA. In Pennsylvania and across the country, Veterans for Kerry are working to turn out veterans to vote for John Kerry. “We have a lot of people here in Pennsylvania that feel the same way as me. We are working day and night to get John Kerry elected because he is the only candidate with a plan to address the concerns of America’s military families and veterans.”

John Kerry grew up admiring the fighters of the Greatest Generation. As a boy, he spent time on Maxwell Airforce Base in Montgomery, AL and Camp Cooke in California. After graduating from Yale, Kerry followed in the footsteps of his father, who specialized in test flying planes, and joined the Navy. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam.

Veterans across the country, disappointed with George Bush’s broken promises to take care of America’s military families, are organizing for John Kerry in unprecedented numbers. They are conducting vet-to-vet phone banks, veteran visibilities and internet operations in forty-five states across the country on behalf of John Kerry for President.

more: http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0526a.html

[Rebellious Republican]

1. Vets Kickin Ass and taken Names for Kerry, great post! N/T

[seventhson]

2. Hi Spons!!! I posted an article on this in LBN and got slammed

because I did not know the writer was a freeper, I am told. But someone in the campaign sent me the story!!!

Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=590052#590084

Anyway, my contact is actually escorting this guy to the memorial today with others so he was excited. Maybe he did not know,,,

anyway,,,


:argh: :silly: :hi: :hi: :shrug: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Rebellious Republican]

3. seventhson, there are some that are sensitive about certain ....

sources around here. You just need to be a little more discriminating with your links. Lots of trolls come out on the weekends around here, thats all. I would not take it personally.
:toast:

[seventhson]

4. Thanks: I didn't know. I didn't know.

I got the article via email with no link. I googled the article name and got a (bad) link . Only after I posted it and got the link did anyone tell me that it was a right-wing news source.

mea culpa.

But it was inadvertent. It is still a great headline and a great story, even if talon tried to spin it against Bush it cuts Bush way more in my opinion.

[maddezmom]

5. no problem seventhson....

the only reason I knew it was a RW site, is from looking up al-Taee the last guy that saw Berg alive. Live and learn, right. ;)

[seventhson]

6. Yup. My thread got locked for being too old

Let's see if this one survives.

Jeez people are touchy.

Like you, I thought the story (not the article) was a great one.

But people attack the meesenger and not the message (which is that Bush is in trouble with Veterans who are PISSED)

[maddezmom]

7. oops..your right, I added to another DU link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x590088
and will self alert the mods.