I think it started a few decades ago. My stepdad insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery.
He was stationed in Germany during the army and loved it. He only had good or fun stories to tell about his time in the military in the early 1960s.
He met a conservative German woman, brought her home, married her. Kinda learned to think Hitler wasn’t all bad through her and her family. He got a job because of his military service, which paid him well and gave him a pension when he retired.
He loved Trump, starting with the birther conspiracies and carrying through The Apprentice. I’ve never seen him happier than when Trump won.
He insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery because of his 4 years of international vacation fixing trucks.
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Meanwhile, the previous generation of my own family lived through the Great Depression and fought in world war 2, and they’re buried with their families.
I think it started a few decades ago. My stepdad insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery.
He was stationed in Germany during the army and loved it. He only had good or fun stories to tell about his time in the military in the early 1960s.
He met a conservative German woman, brought her home, married her. Kinda learned to think Hitler wasn’t all bad through her and her family. He got a job because of his military service, which paid him well and gave him a pension when he retired.
He loved Trump, starting with the birther conspiracies and carrying through The Apprentice. I’ve never seen him happier than when Trump won.
He insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery because of his 4 years of international vacation fixing trucks.
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Meanwhile, the previous generation of my own family lived through the Great Depression and fought in world war 2, and they’re buried with their families.
It’s a different kind of stolen valor.