My Reposte to M. Gerson's 'Stalin doesn't belong at a Va. memorial

Henry Raymont  to michaelgerson

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Dear Gerson:

I did not have to recur to Google to guess you had not been born in the 40s.  I was.  In East Prussia, Germany.  And as a Jew who was hounded out of his state primary school at the age of six and forced to join an underground Jewish Kindergarden I can tell you that when 'Uncle Joe' finally ordered his troops to repel the invading Wehrmacht I, and everyone of my schoolmates, cheered.  And once in Buenos Aires I pinned on the wall of my workplace a National Geographic map of Europe and each day applied little flags along the front, basing myself on the wire service reports published in a variety of local newspapers.  So, no wonder that as soon as I reached the age of 16 (cheap, multilingual labor) I joined the United Press, where I continued to watch the news--and write some. 

Cheers,

Henry

P.S.  I know you are not related to Allan.  Also a conservative, but with a fine sense of irony.
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